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

State: alabama

Issuer: Alabama Supreme Court

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REL:9/21/2007
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SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA
SPECIAL TERM, 2007
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Ex parte Bruce Pearson
PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
(In re: Bruce Pearson
v.
State of Alabama)
(Jefferson Circuit Court , CC-95-442;
Court of Criminal Appeals, CR-06-0787)
SMITH, Justice.
We hereby suspend the provisions of Rule 39(g) and (h),
Ala. R. App. P., allowing the petitioner and the respondent to
file a brief and to request oral argument, and we summarily
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grant the writ.  In an opinion released today, this Court
overrules 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 motions filed
pursuant to Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-5-9.1.  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.  
Cobb, C.J., and See, Lyons, Woodall, Bolin, Parker, and
Murdock, JJ., concur.  
Stuart, J., concurs specially.
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STUART, Justice (concurring specially).
See my writing in Ex parte Gunn, [Ms. 1051754, Sept. 21,
2007] ___ So. 2d ___, ___ (Ala. 2007).