Opinion · Supreme Court of Alabama
Northington v. State
413 So. 2d 1172
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of Alabama
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama
- Date
- 1982-05-07
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- for recognition of another crucial difference between § 13A-6-2 (a)(2) and § 13-1-70
- "the function of this section [§ 13A-6-2 (a)(2), Ala. Code 1975] is to embrace those homicides caused by such acts as driving an automobile in a grossly wanton manner, shooting a firearm into a crowd or moving train, and throwing a timber from a roof onto a crowded street" Id. at 1172
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PER CURIAM.
WRIT QUASHED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.
TORBERT, C. J., and FAULKNER, JONES, ALMON, EMBRY and ADAMS, JJ., concur. MADDOX and BEATTY, JJ., dissent. SHORES, J., not sitting.