Legal Opinion
State v. Spears
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided December 1, 1989PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON APPLICATION FOR REHEARING
Our opinion issued October 6, 1989, is withdrawn and set aside. The following is hereby adopted as the opinion of this court. Thomas Wayne Spears was indicted for the murder of his wife, Leslie Marie Spears. After a pretrial hearing on Spears's motions to suppress, the trial judge granted a portion of one motion and ordered the suppression of certain evidence found at the scene of the crime. This appeal is taken by the State from the order of suppression of the circuit court.
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