Ex Parte Traweek

This petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals seeks review of petitioner's conviction of first degree murder in the circuit court of Tuscaloosa County on February 18, 1978. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the judgment on May 1, 1979, and overruled the timely application for rehearing on May 22, 1979.

Petitioner asserts that the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals below is in conflict with the decision of this court inHunter v. State, 295 Ala. 180, 325 So.2d 921 (1975). We agree and reverse and remand.

The facts as contained in the opinion of the Court of…