Adams v. State

OPINION ON STATE’S MOTION FOR REHEARING

ODOM, Judge.

Our prior opinions on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States are withdrawn.

In Adams v. Texas, 448 U.S. 38, 100 S.Ct. 2521, 65 L.Ed.2d 581 (1980), the Supreme Court held that in appellant’s trial prospective jurors were excluded on grounds inconsistent with Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 20 L.Ed.2d 776 (1968), with the result that the death penalty could not be carried out. Subsequently the Governor signed an executive order commuting appellant’s punishment to life. There is now no error in the case, and the…