State v. Whitley

This case was originally assigned to another judge on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. It was reassigned to Judge Cobb on January 17, 1995.

This is an appeal by the State of the trial court's order granting Chester Whitley's Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition challenging his conviction for murder. Following an evidentiary hearing, the trial court entered the following order:

"I

"The Court will address the grounds in Defendant's petition.

GROUND 1

"A. Defendant claims that the petition jury was unconstitutionally selected and impaneled in that the State struck certain jurors for their age in…