Title: Ex parte Johnny M. Young. PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS (In re: Johnny M. Young v. State of Alabama)

State: alabama

Issuer: Alabama Supreme Court

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rel:  09/28/2007
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SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA
SPECIAL TERM, 2007
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Ex parte Johnny M. Young
PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
(In re:  Johnny M. Young
v.
State of Alabama)
(Mobile Circuit Court, CC-86-620;
Court of Criminal Appeals, CR-06-0162)
BOLIN, Justice.
We hereby suspend the provisions of Rule 39(g) and (h),
Ala. R. App. P., allowing the petitioner and the respondent to
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file a brief and to request oral argument, and we summarily
grant the writ. This Court recently overruled Wells v. State,
941 So. 2d 1008 (Ala. Crim. App. 2005), to the extent that it
created a limitation on a trial court's jurisdiction to
consider successive § 13A-5-9.1, Ala. Code 1975, motions.  See
Ex parte Gunn, [Ms. 1051754, Sept. 21, 2007] ___ So. 2d ___
(Ala. 2007).  The Court of Criminal Appeals relied solely on
Wells in affirming the trial court's judgment.  Therefore, we
reverse the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals and
remand the case for proceedings consistent with Gunn.
WRIT GRANTED; REVERSED AND REMANDED.  
See, Lyons, Woodall, Smith, Parker, and Murdock, JJ.,
concur.
Stuart, J., concurs specially.
Cobb, C.J., recuses herself.
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STUART, Justice (concurring specially).
I adhere to my writing in Ex parte Gunn, [Ms. 1051754,
Sept. 21, 2007] ___ So. 2d ___, ___ (Ala. 2007)(Stuart, J.,
concurring specially).