Slaton v. State

ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING

The opinion previously issued in this case is hereby withdrawn and the following opinion is substituted therefor.

The appellant, Nathan D. Slaton, was charged with the rape and murder of a Marshall County woman, a capital offense as defined by § 13A-5-40, Code of Alabama 1975. Appellant, age 17, was certified to be tried as an adult, and his case was transferred to the Circuit Court for Marshall County. This appeal questions the validity of the transfer order.

The state's evidence tended to show that on the morning of May 28, 1987, the victim was found dead in her…