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415 So. 2d 1232 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 8, 1982
part of the record), that the issues in 1980 were (1) whether appellant's confessions were coerced; and (2) whether a letter purportedly written by a Dale County law enforcement officer to the State Pardons and Paroles Board … If a petitioner may not assert as grounds for a coram nobis petition facts he knew or should have known at trial, see Echols v.
Cited 11 timesPublished624 So. 2d 711 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 18, 1993
Trooper Eller radioed that he "needed the brown Camaro with that Georgia plate stopped, and that [he] was going to issue a speeding citation." R. 6. … In Adams v.
Cited 13 timesPublished675 So. 2d 1340 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 15, 1994
See Armstrong v. State, 294 Ala. 100 , 312 So.2d 620 (1975). A majority of this court in Grimes v. … On the authority of Morrissey v.
Cited 4 timesPublished499 So. 2d 820 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 12, 1986
Gordon v. State , 71 Ala. 315 (1882). See also Bibb v. State , 352 So.2d 840 (Ala.Cr.App.), reversed, 352 So.2d 842 (Ala. 1977), citing Clift v. State , 352 So.2d 838 (Ala. 1977), and Colston v. … McClain v. Brown , 587 F.2d 389 , 391 (8th Cir. 1978). "[T]he merit of the plea of former jeopardy cannot be tested by petition for writ of habeas corpus, but must be specially pleaded to the indictment or it is waived.
Cited 4 timesPublished807 So. 2d 594 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 25, 2001
The actual time spent incarcerated pending trial shall be certified by the circuit clerk or district clerk on forms to be prescribed by the Board of Corrections." … See Swicegood v. State , 646 So.2d 158 (Ala.Crim.App. 1994); Boutwell v. State , 488 So.2d 33 , 34 (Ala.Crim.App. 1986).
Cited 2 timesPublished636 So. 2d 696 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Dec 3, 1993
Summerford v. State , 466 So.2d 182 (Ala.Cr.App. 1985). Due process requires that the decision of a state disciplinary board or a hearing officer not be made arbitrarily or capriciously, but be based upon some evidence. … Pearsall v. State.
Cited 9 timesPublished549 So. 2d 635 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jul 21, 1989
Conley v. State , 545 So.2d 246 (Ala.Cr.App. 1989). See also State v. … See Tuscaloosa City Board of Education v. American/Owens, Inc. , 486 So.2d 405 (Ala. 1986) (a motion is considered according to its substance and not its label).
Cited 7 timesPublished596 So. 2d 49 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 25, 1991
Anonymous v. State , 507 So.2d 972 (Ala. 1987). … See also Schaut v. State , 551 So.2d 1135 (Ala.Cr.App. 1989).
Cited 6 timesPublished495 So. 2d 736 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Sep 9, 1986
At approximately 11:30 p.m., appellant noticed Robert Brown, her daughter’s estranged husband, driving up and down the road in front of her daughter’s residence. … State, 478 So.2d 318, 319 (Ala.Cr.App.1985), quoting Byrd v. State, 257 Ala. 100 , 57 So.2d 388 (1952).
Cited 0 timesPublished741 So. 2d 440 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Feb 13, 1998
State v. Hill , 690 So.2d 1201 , 1203 (Ala. 1996), quoting Stiles v. Brown , 380 So.2d 792 , 794 (Ala. 1980). … Sheridan v. State , 591 So.2d 129 , 130 (Ala.Cr.App. 1991).'" Woods v. State, 695 So.2d 636 (Ala.Cr.App. 1996), cert. denied, 695 So.2d 643 (Ala. 1997), quoting State v.
Cited 4 timesPublished647 So. 2d 803 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 17, 1994
Brown [v. [State], 353 So.2d 1384 (Ala.1978)]. The only standard which must be met is whether a reasonable man would believe the crime occurred and that the defendant committed it. … See Ex parte Brown, 540 So.2d 740, 744-45 (Ala.1989).” P.W. v. State, 625 So.2d 1207, 1209 (Ala.Cr.App.1993).
Cited 19 timesPublished594 So. 2d 227 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 11, 1991
Perry v. State, 534 So.2d 1126 (Ala.Cr.App.1988). … Several minutes later, the appellant came out and got into the car, and Doug came out with a brown paper bag, the top of which was folded over.
Cited 2 timesPublished794 So. 2d 1234 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 27, 2000
This Court, however, held in Law v. … Stallworth v. State , 690 So.2d 551 , 553 (Ala.Crim.App. 1997). Even constitutional issues must be properly preserved for appellate review. Brown v. State , 705 So.2d 871 , 875 (Ala.Crim.App. 1997).
Cited 19 timesPublished471 So. 2d 1260 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 23, 1985
Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238 , 89 S.Ct. 1709 , 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969). Roberson v. State, 441 So.2d 1067 (Ala.Crim.App.1983); Creel v. State, 462 So.2d 1042 (Ala.Crim.App.1984); Browning v. … Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. -, 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984); Duncan v. State, 461 So.2d 906 (Ala.Crim.App.1984); Daniel v. State, 459 So.2d 948 (Ala.1984); Creel v.
Cited 0 timesPublished495 So. 2d 90 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Feb 12, 1986
Roberson v. State, 441 So.2d 1067 (Ala.Crim.App.1983); Browning v. State, 465 So.2d 1208 (Ala.Crim.App.1985). There is nothing in this record to indicate that petitioner’s counsel was inadequate in a legal sense. … Strickland v. Washington, 466 U.S. 668 , 104 S.Ct. 2052 , 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984); Duncan v. State, 461 So.2d 906 (Ala.Crim.App.1984); Daniel v. State, 459 So.2d 948 (Ala.1984); Carter v.
Cited 0 timesPublished625 So. 2d 1159 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jul 9, 1993
Ex parte Brown , 540 So.2d 740 (Ala. 1989) (trial court's failure to comply with A.R. Juv. P. 24 waived by failure to object)." Taylor v. State , 600 So.2d 1080 , 1081 (Ala.Cr.App. 1992). … See Taylor v. State , supra. See also Nichols v. State , [Ms.
Cited 11 timesPublished515 So. 2d 140 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Sep 25, 1987
In Harper v. … She is a duly licensed medical laboratory technician, certified by the American Medical Technologists Registry, the National Board.
Cited 9 timesPublished161 So. 3d 245 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 8, 2013
Brown, 11 So.3d at 910. … Brown v. State, 11 So.3d 866, 923 (Ala.Crim.App.2007).
Cited 9 timesPublished727 So. 2d 887 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 20, 1998
See M.T.R. v. … McMILLAN, COBB, BROWN, and BASCHAB, JJ., concur. .
Cited 3 timesPublished647 So. 2d 79 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 17, 1994
State , 294 Ala. 100 , 312 So.2d 620 (1975); Wyatt v. State , 608 So.2d 762 (Ala. 1992). In Grimes v. … the right to confront and cross-examine adverse witnesses (unless the hearing officer specifically finds good cause for not allowing confrontation); (e) a 'neutral and detached' hearing body such as a traditional parole board
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