Houston v. State

I respectfully dissent from the decision to quash this writ. On April 22, 1999, Jerry Bernard Houston was convicted of criminally negligent homicide and was sen-fenced to serve ten months in jail and to pay certain sums of money. Upon Houston’s appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction, with an opinion. Houston v. State, 798 So.2d 704 (Ala.Crim.App.2000). On May 19, 2000, the Court of Criminal Appeals overruled Houston’s application for rehearing and denied his Rule 39(k), Ala.R.App.P., motion. Houston petitioned this Court for certiorari review of the decision of the…