Case ID: so2d_895/html/0388-01.html
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Author: {"author": "BASCHAB, Judge. SHAW, Judge,", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Ava HOLMES v. STATE of Alabama.
    CR-03-0242.
    Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
    April 30, 2004.
    Rehearing Denied June 18, 2004.
    Certiorari Denied Aug. 13, 2004 Alabama Supreme Court 1031531.
    
      Charles A. Flowers III, Birmingham, for appellant.
    Troy King and William H. Pryor, Jr., attys. gen., and Stephen N. Dodd, asst, atty. gen., for appellee.
   BASCHAB, Judge.

AFFIRMED BY UNPUBLISHED MEMORANDUM.

McMILLAN, P.J., and WISE, J., concur; SHAW, J., dissents, with opinion, which COBB, J., joins.

SHAW, Judge,

dissenting.

I respectfully disagree with the majority’s conclusion in its unpublished memorandum that what I assume, but have no conclusive way of knowing, was a $20 prepaid long-distance calling card falls within the definition of either a “credit card” or a “debit card,” as set out in § 13A-9-14, Ala.Code 1975. It appears to me that the issue discussed in the unpublished memorandum may be dispositive under the facts presented; however, the issue is not addressed by the parties. I would not affirm on this basis; instead, based on the record before us, I would remand the case for the trial court to determine exactly what kind of card was stolen and whether it would constitute either a “credit card” or “debit card” as defined by statute. The resolution of that issue on return to remand would dictate whether we address the appellant’s specific arguments on appeal.

COBB, J., concurs.