# Johnston v. State

> Supreme Court of Alabama · February 26, 1999 · 740 So. 2d 438

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7724791

## Case

- **Full name:** Ex Parte State of Alabama. (Re: Sidney Wallace Johnston v. State).
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** February 26, 1999
- **Citations:** 740 So. 2d 438; 1999 Ala. LEXIS 65; 1999 WL 97995
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Cook
- **Judges:** Brown, Cook, Herself, Hooper, Houston, Kennedy, Lyons, Maddox, See
- **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

COOK, Justice.
The judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals (see Johnston v. State, 740 So.2d 436 (Ala.Crim.App.1996)) is reversed, on the authority of Ex parte Parker, 740 So.2d 432 (Ala.1999). This cause is remanded to the Court of Criminal Appeals to reinstate the trial court’s judgment and sentence.
REVERSED AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS.
HOOPER, C.J., and MADDOX, HOUSTON, KENNEDY, SEE, and LYONS, JJ., concur.
BROWN, J., recuses herself.

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