Ex Parte Glanton

David Jerome Glanton's petition for writ of certiorari was granted in order to review the Court of Criminal Appeals'474 So.2d 154, decision affirming petitioner's conviction. The dispositive issue presented here is essentially the same as that considered in Ex parte Jones, 473 So.2d 545 (Ala. 1985). On the authority of Jones, we reverse.

Petitioner, by separate indictments, was indicted for two counts of kidnapping, two counts of sodomy, and two counts of rape. At his arraignment, petitioner pleaded not guilty to all charges. On 20 July 1983, the State filed a motion for consolidation of the…