English v. State

SHORES, Justice.

Edward Aaron English was indicted by the Mobile County Grand Jury on November 8, 1973, for the offense of possession of a pistol after having been convicted of a crime of violence. He was found guilty as charged and sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. He appealed to the Court of Criminal Appeals, 56 Ala.App. 728, 323 So.2d 728, which affirmed the conviction without opinion.

We granted certiorari because the affirmance of the conviction by the Court of Criminal Appeals appeared to be in conflict with Reid v. State, 168 Ala. 118, 53 So. 254 (1910), and Esco v. State, 278…