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State v. Sorsby

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided December 16, 2005No. CR-04-2166Published

1Opinion of the Court

12 So.3d 130 (2005)

Ex parte State of Alabama.

(In re STATE of Alabama v. William Kenneth SORSBY).

CR-04-2166.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

December 16, 2005.

Rehearing Denied February 3, 2006.

Troy King, atty. gen., and M. David Barber, dist. atty. for Jefferson County, Birmingham Division, for petitioner.

James Edmund Odum, Jr., Birmingham, for respondent.

2Per curiam

The State of Alabama filed this petition for a writ of mandamus directing Judge David N. Lichtenstein to grant the State's motion to dismiss William Kenneth Sorsby's appeal for a trial de novo. On March 3, 2005, Sorsby pleaded guilty in…

Also in this document: Dissent.

3Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Lefkowitz v. NewsomeSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  3. North v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1996
  5. State v. BallNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1986

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