Hampton v. State

On Remand From The Alabama Supreme Court

In Ex parte Hampton, 815 So.2d 569 (Ala. 2000), the Alabama Supreme Court remanded the case, holding that the original indictment issued against Christopher Hampton was fatally defective and stating that, therefore, this Court should have addressed the issue of whether the circuit court erred in permitting the State to amend the indictment.

Christopher Hampton, who had been released from custody following convictions for two counts of rape in the second degree, was charged with failing or refusing to register as a convicted sex offender, a violation of §…