Court Opinion

ID: 7751185
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 20:19:24.589263+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:40:15.887586
License: Public Domain

I believe that the sentence enhancements should have been referred to in the information, and that the omission of the enhancements is a jurisdictional defect this Court should notice and remedy on appeal. Therefore, because a jurisdictional defect is not subject to waiver, seeRoss v. State, 529 So.2d 1074 (Ala.Crim.App. 1988), I would not dismiss this appeal. Rather, I would affirm Larry Pate's conviction, reverse his sentence, and remand the case for resentencing in accordance with Rule 13.2, Ala.R.Crim.P., and my special writing in Poole v. State, [Ms. CR-99-1200, August 31, 2001] ___ So.2d ___, ___ (Ala.Crim.App. 2001) (Shaw, J., concurring in the result).
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