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Kilpatrick v. State

285 So. 2d 525, 291 Ala. 628, 1973 Ala. LEXIS 1161
CourtSupreme Court of Alabama
DecidedNovember 8, 1973
DocketSC 544
StatusPublished
Cited by26 cases

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Kilpatrick v. State, 285 So. 2d 525, 291 Ala. 628, 1973 Ala. LEXIS 1161 (Ala. 1973).

Opinion

MADDOX, Justice.

Writ denied. By denying the writ, we point out that writs of certiorari are frequently denied without any consideration of the merits. Haden v. Olan Mills, Inc., 273 Ala. 129, 135 So.2d 388 (1961). A denial of certiorari should never be considered as an expression by the reviewing court on the merits of the controversy. See Hamilton Brown Shoe Co. v. Wolf Brothers, 240 U.S. 251, 36 S.Ct. 269, 60 L. Ed. 629 (1916). Our denial of the writ should not be understood as approving or disapproving the language used, or the statements of law contained in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals, 51 Ala. App. 352, 285 So.2d 516. See Cooper v. State, 287 Ala. 728, 252 So.2d 108 (1971).

Writ denied.

HEFLIN, C. J., and MERRILL, HAR-WOOD and FAULKNER, JJ., concur.

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