Legal Opinion
Banks v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided August 9, 2002No. CR-01-0310Published
1Opinion of the Court
845 So.2d 9 (2002)
Medell BANKS, Jr.
v.
STATE of Alabama.
CR-01-0310.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
August 9, 2002.
Rehearing Denied September 20, 2002.
James D. Evans, Butler; Joseph W. Hutchinson III, Butler; and Richard J. Riley, Birmingham, for appellant.
William H. Pryor, Jr., atty. gen., and E. Vincent Carroll, deputy atty. gen., for appellee.
COBB, Judge.
Introduction
On May 7, 2001, Medell Banks entered a "best interest" plea to manslaughter, a violation of § 13A-6-3(a)(1), Ala.Code 1975.[1] On June 25, 2001, the trial court sentenced Banks to 15 years in prison.[2] This appeal arises…
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- Maund v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
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