Court Opinion

ID: 7760394
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 20:35:43.150465+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:40:34.393265
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I concur in affirming the appellant's conviction; however, I would reverse his sentence and remand the case for resentencing *Page 366 
in accordance with Judge Shaw's special writing in Poole v. State,846 So.2d 370 (Ala.Crim.App. 2001), with which I concurred as to this issue. As to those points on which I disagree with Judge Shaw, see my special writing in Poole, 846 So.2d 398. I believe that these sentence enhancements must be charged in the indictment and proved to the jury beyond a reasonable doubt, and that the failure to do so is a jurisdictional defect which this Court should notice and remedy on appeal. Therefore, as to the sentencing issue, I dissent.