Legal Opinion

Wright v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided July 5, 1983No. 1 Div. 532PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

LEIGH M. • CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

A jury found appellant guilty of theft in the second degree. After due notice that he would be proceeded against under the Habitual Felony Offenders Act, the court fixed his punishment at imprisonment for fifteen years, which was the minimum that could have been imposed upon him by reason of his two previous felony convictions.

The only issue presented on appeal pertains to the asserted denial by the trial court of the effort of defendant’s counsel to have the jury informed, either by argument of defendant’s counsel or requested written charges, of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978
  2. Porter v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1925

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Warden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985

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