Court Opinion

ID: 9937677
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 19:01:48.798767+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:36:01.401169
License: Public Domain

The trial court erred when it permitted the State to amend the indictment to include the enhancement under the provisions in §§13A-12-250 and 13A-12-270, Ala. Code 1975, because the amendment resulted in Kirkland's being charged with a greater offense. See Rule 13.5(a), Ala.R.Crim.P. Therefore, I would reverse Kirkland's conviction and sentence. See my special writing in Poole v. State, 846 So.2d 370, 389
(Ala.Crim.App. 2001) (Shaw, J., concurring in the result).