Legal Opinion
Brooks v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided July 31, 1984PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
456 So.2d 1142 (1984)
Jessie James BROOKS
v.
STATE.
1 Div. 800.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
July 31, 1984.
Rehearing Denied October 9, 1984.
Thomas R. Boller, Mobile, for appellant.
Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen. and Fred F. Bell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
TAYLOR, Judge.
Jessie James Brooks was convicted by a jury in Mobile County for possession of a forged instrument in the second degree. He was sentenced under the Alabama Habitual Felony Offenders Act to life imprisonment, having accumulated four felony convictions.
On March 3, 1983, appellant walked into the Spring Hill Avenue branch…
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