Title: Ex Parte Allen

State: alabama

Issuer: Alabama Supreme Court

Document:

380 So. 2d 341 (1980)
Ex Parte Melba Till ALLEN.
In re Melba Till Allen
v.
State of Alabama.
79-271.

Supreme Court of Alabama.
February 8, 1980.
Richard D. Horne and James E. Atchison, of Hess, Atchison & Stout, Mobile, for petitioner.
Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., for respondent.
*342 PER CURIAM.
Writ denied. No opinion.
TORBERT, C. J., and BLOODWORTH, MADDOX, JONES, ALMON, SHORES, EMBRY and BEATTY, JJ., concur.
FAULKNER, J., dissents, with opinion.
FAULKNER, Justice (dissenting).
I would grant the petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals.
By denying the petition without an opinion, the majority may be saying that the petition, as filed, is insufficient, as drafted, to invite review by this Court. On the other hand, the majority may be saying that they agree with the majority opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals. My dissent is based upon the sufficiency of the evidence before the trial court as it relates to defendant's connection with Leisure & Development Properties, Inc. to convict the defendant. In this regard, I agree with the dissent authored by Judge John Bookout of the Court of Criminal Appeals. This is what Judge Bookout said:
"`"Business with which he is associated" [means] any business of which the person or a member of his family, is an officer, owner, partner, employee or holder of more than 10 percent of the fair market value of such business.'" (Emphasis supplied.)