# State v. Pugh

> Supreme Court of Alabama · July 17, 1981 · 407 So. 2d 874

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7514895

## Case

- **Full name:** Ex parte: Charles M. NICE. (Re: Ex parte: State of Alabama ex rel. Charles A. Graddick, Attorney General for the State of Alabama.) (In re: STATE of Alabama v. Harold PUGH.) Ex parte: Harold PUGH. (Re: Ex parte: State of Alabama ex rel. Charles A. Graddick, Attorney General for the State of Alabama.) (In re: STATE of Alabama v. Harold PUGH.)
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** July 17, 1981
- **Citations:** 407 So. 2d 874; 1981 Ala. LEXIS 3629
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Shores
- **Judges:** Adams, Beat, Embry, Faulkner, Jones, Maddox, Mon, Shores, Torbert
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

SHORES, Justice
(dissenting):
I dissent. I cannot agree that a circuit judge in granting a new trial because he feels “that an injustice has probably been done” is “guilty of usurpation of power.” I would, therefore, overrule the application for rehearing.

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