Cole v. City of Huntsville

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Cole v. City of Huntsville

477 So. 2d 983, 1985 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 5705

CourtCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

DecidedOctober 8, 1985

Docket8 Div. 311

StatusPublished

This text of 477 So. 2d 983 (Cole v. City of Huntsville) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Cole v. City of Huntsville, 477 So. 2d 983, 1985 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 5705 (Ala. Ct. App. 1985).

Pincite

Opinion

TYSON, Judge.

The conviction of Clayburn V. Cole for driving while his driver’s license was revoked is hereby reversed and the cause remanded on authority of Ex parte Dison, 469 So.2d 662 (Ala.1984), it affirmatively appearing in this record that the Alabama Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint was never sworn to by a judge or magistrate prior to or during the municipal court proceedings. The City of Huntsville has not contested this issue raised on this appeal.

On authority of Dison, supra, and Carlson, 475 So.2d 907 (Ala.Crim.App.1985) and Graves, 472 So.2d 720 (Ala.Crim.App.1985), this court has no alternative but to reverse and remand this cause.

For the reasons stated this cause is, hereby, reversed and remanded.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

All the Judges concur.

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI