State v. Stephens

KELLUM, Judge.

The State of Alabama appeals the trial court’s granting, of David Todd Stephens’s *136pretrial motion to dismiss, on double-jeopardy grounds, an indictment charging him with abuse of a corpse, a violation of § 13A-11-13, Ala.Code 1975.

On January 4, 2009, Stephens killed his ex-wife, Tonya Stephens (“Tonya”), in her home in Hale County. After he had killed Tonya, Stephens put Tonya’s body in his pickup truck and drove to Pickens County, where he wrapped Tonya’s body in a blanket and buried- it on property owned by his father, David Stephens (“David”). Tonya was soon reported missing,…