Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Adams
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 22, 1995No. 1941006PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jason Sinclair Adams petitioned the Court of Criminal Appeals for a writ of mandamus directing the Mobile County Circuit Court to bar his further prosecution on an indictment that has previously resulted in two mistrials. The Court of Criminal Appeals denied the writ, without opinion. Ex parte Adams, [CR-94-0909, April 6, 1995] ___ So.2d ___ (Ala.Crim.App. 1995) (table). Adams has now filed a similar petition in this Court. See Rule 21, Ala.R.App.P.
Adams was charged with manslaughter, pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-6-3, and was tried on October 31, 1994. The trial was before a jury and…
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