Davenport v. State

426 So.2d 472 (1982)

Ex parte State of Alabama.

(In re Kenneth Dale DAVENPORT v. The STATE of Alabama)

80-801.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 26, 1982.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Jeffery H. Long, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

Kermit Mac Downs, Gadsden, for respondent.

The Court of Criminal Appeals, 426 So.2d 464, reversed the rape conviction of Davenport, and the State brought the case here on a petition for certiorari, seeking reversal of the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals, arguing that its decision is in conflict with prior decisions on the admissibility of other acts…