McKissack v. State

On September 14, 2004, this Court granted the petition of the State of Alabama for a writ of certiorari to examine the argument by the State that the Court of Criminal Appeals had erred in reversing the trial court's judgment convicting James Dwight McKissack of murder, see Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-6-2(a)(1), and sentencing him to life imprisonment. In its opinion, McKissackv. State, 926 So.2d 361 (Ala.Crim.App. 2004), the Court of Criminal Appeals set out the following facts:

"[McKissack] argues that the trial court improperly denied his request that the grand jury proceedings in his case be…