Crawford v. State

BLOODWORTH, Justice.

Petition of Ervin Lee Crawford for certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision in Crawford v. State, 264 So.2d 554.

The State of Alabama has filed a motion to strike the petition on grounds that the petition “manifestly and totally fails to comply with the provisions of Act No. 987, Acts of Alabama, Regular Session, 1969 * * presumably because the grounds for the petition are not stated. Petitioner responds by stating there need be no grounds stated in a petition in a case where the death sentence was imposed, as is the case…