Ex Parte Ziglar
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
Spencer Owen Ziglar petitions for a writ of mandamus or, alternatively, a writ of prohibition, directing the Coffee County Circuit Court not to retry the criminal case now pending against him, arguing that to do so would subject him to double jeopardy.
Ziglar was charged with murder, under § 13A-6-2, Ala. Code 1975, specifically, with intentionally causing the death of Edward Lamar Kelly by shooting him with a shotgun. The jury found him guilty of the lesser included offense of manslaughter, and he was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment at hard labor. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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