Robinson v. State

Certiorari was granted to determine whether the Court of Criminal Appeals, 444 So.2d 882, had properly reversed the judgment of the trial court and remanded the cause for a new trial. We reverse and remand to the Court of Criminal Appeals.

The action of that Court in reversing the judgment of conviction was based upon, not an incomplete record, but the absence of any record disclosing a Boykin colloquy or an agreement to receive probation. Cf. Twyman v. State, 293 Ala. 75, 300 So.2d 124 (1974), and Alston v. State, 414 So.2d 488 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982), in which records were present.

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