Grider v. State

The appellant, Mary Ann Grider, was convicted of unlawfully distributing a controlled substance, cocaine, in violation of § 13A-12-211, Code of Alabama 1975.

This case exemplifies the dilemma of a criminal appellate court. Although the notice of appeal was filed on October 1990, the completed record was not filed until November 1991. The last brief was filed January 1992, and we now release this opinion January 31, 1992. By the time the case was "submitted" to this court, the American Bar Association time standard of 280 days from notice of appeal to opinion had already been exceeded.

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