Case law

Gentry v. State

689 So. 2d 894 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Sep 30, 1994

Owen v. Alabama , 849 F.2d 536 (11th Cir. 1988); Thompson v. Wainwright , 601 F.2d 768 (5th Cir. 1979); Holliday v. State , 641 So.2d 325 (Ala.Cr.App. 1994); Brown v. … Brown and Jeffrey Wallace.

Seibert v. State

343 So. 2d 780 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 19, 1975

Emmert v. … As indicated in Stephenson v. State, 205 Ind. 141 , 179 N.E. 633 , 186 N.E. 293 . “The only relief that can be granted is the setting aside of the judgment and the granting of a new trial.” See also Brown v.

Van Nostrand v. State

51 Ala. App. 494 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Sep 28, 1973

See Garner v. State, 269 Ala. 531 , 114 So.2d 385 ; and Browning v. State, 31 Ala.App. 137 , 13 So.2d 54 . … Duin v. State, 288 Ala. 329 , 260 So.2d 602 ; Pettry v. State, 47 Ala.App. 237 , 252 So.2d 659 ; Adkins v. State, 51 Ala.App. 552 , 287 So.2d 447, 1973 .

Henton v. State

733 So. 2d 914 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 23, 1998

“In accordance with Gagnon v. Scarpelli 411 U.S. 778 , 93 S.Ct. 1756 , 36 L.Ed.2d 656 (1973), Armstrong v. State, 294 Ala. 100 , 312 So.2d 620 (1975), and Wyatt v. … REMANDED WITH INSTRUCTIONS. * LONG, P.J., and McMILLAN, BROWN, and BASCHAB, JJ., concur. .

Helms v. State

478 So. 2d 9 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 8, 1985

Mallory v. State , 437 So.2d 595 (Ala.Crim.App. 1983); Hubbard v. State , 437 So.2d 657 (Ala.Crim.App. 1983); Jones v. State , 431 So.2d 1367 (Ala.Crim.App. 1983); Summerville v. … State , 429 So.2d 651 (Ala.Crim.App. 1982); Browning *Page 11 v. State , 429 So.2d 653 (Ala.Crim.App. 1982); Thatch v. State , 397 So.2d 246 (Ala.Crim.App.), cert. denied, 397 So.2d 253 (Ala. 1981).

Johnson v. State

421 So. 2d 1306 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 18, 1982

The court cited Peoples v. … See Edwards v. Commonwealth , 78 Va. 39 , 49 Am.Rep. 377; State v. Martin , 59 Ohio St. 212 , 52 N.E. 188 , 43 L.R.A. 94 , 69 Am.St.Rep. 762 ; Tucker v. State , 14 Okla. Cr. 54 , 167 P. 637 ; State v.

Finch v. State

518 So. 2d 864 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 27, 1987

Montgomery, Jr., Chairman of the Utilities Board. … Montgomery, Chairman of the Utilities Board. None of these men were strangers to her.

Mayes v. State

350 So. 2d 339 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 3, 1977

Colston v. State , 57 Ala. App. 4 , 325 So.2d 520 (1975), cert. denied 295 Ala. 398 , 325 So.2d 531 ; Mallory v. State , 55 Ala. App. 82 , 313 So.2d 203 (1975) . . . Dixon v. State , 27 Ala. … We distinguish the instant situation from that in either Mars v. State , Ala.Cr.App., 339 So.2d 104 , cert. denied, Ala., 339 So.2d 110 (1976) or Browning v. State , 57 Ala.

LaBarber v. State

455 So. 2d 941 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 10, 1984

Appellant relies heavily upon Temple v. … We find that the trial court's ruling was entirely proper since appropriate sentencing is a matter for the trial court's determination. § 13A-5-2 , Code of Alabama (1975); Brown v.

Baker v. State

473 So. 2d 1127 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jul 31, 1984

Appellant relies on Brown v. … McBryar v. State , 368 So.2d 568 , 573 (Ala.Crim.App.), cert. denied, 368 So.2d 575 (Ala. 1979).

Tarver v. State

724 So. 2d 59 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 6, 1998

BROWN, Judge. The appellant, Larry Tarver, appeals from the trial court’s summary dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R. Crim. … Furthermore, in Cantil v.

Hawkins v. State

475 So. 2d 492 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 20, 1985

In the opinion of the Supreme Court of Alabama in this cause, Hawkins v. … State, 475 So.2d 489 (1985), the Supreme Court noted: “From the record before us, we are unable to determine whether the board complied with due process standards or whether its actions were arbitrary and capricious.

Thompson v. State

454 So. 2d 1053 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 14, 1984

Wilder v. State , 401 So.2d 151 (Ala.Crim.App.), cert. denied, 401 So.2d 167 (Ala. 1981), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 1057 , 102 S.Ct. 606 , 70 L.Ed.2d 595 (1981); Matthews v. … Brown v. State , 392 So.2d 1248 (Ala.Crim.App. 1980), writ denied, 392 So.2d 1266 (Ala. 1981); Smith v. State , 435 So.2d 185 (Ala.Crim.App. 1983). See also, Brock v. State , 54 Ala.

Robinson v. State

361 So. 2d 379 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 18, 1978

In Hatton v. … See also Brown v. State , 55 Ala. App. 615 , 318 So.2d 311 (1975); Spurlin v. State , 46 Ala. App. 485 , 243 So.2d 758 , cert. denied, 286 Ala. 738 , 243 So.2d 763 (1969); McClendon v.

Peck v. State

383 So. 2d 209 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 1, 1980

It was a black or brown handle, I believe it was a brown handle. I’m not for sure, but I do know, it’s a .38 because she used to unload it at the motel lot. I used to tell her not to bring a loaded gun in. “Q. … For authority for the contention, appellant relies exclusively upon Chavers v. State, Ala., 361 So.2d 1106 (1978) rev’g Ala.Cr.App., 361 So.2d 1096 (1977) and Davis v.

Nickerson v. State

539 So. 2d 337 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jul 19, 1988

Officer Robbins, an evidence technician with the City of Birmingham, testified that he found a brown plastic bag at the scene of the crime. … He testified that after he lifted fingerprints off the plastic bag, he sealed it in a brown paper bag and placed it in the property room. While in the property room, the paper bag was torn.

Dewhart v. State

455 So. 2d 167 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 10, 1984

In Swain v. … State v. Brown , 371 So.2d 751 (La. 1979).

McLeod v. State

383 So. 2d 207 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 18, 1980

A security check with the work release center revealed that appellant had boarded the bus at the center that morning, but he did not report to work, nor did he return to the center that evening. … Hill v. State , supra; C. Gamble, McElroy's Alabama Evidence , § 21.01 (3d Ed. 1977).

Harris v. State

552 So. 2d 857 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 16, 1989

Clinton Brown, Jr., as a substitute for the missing record of hearing (5) on the grand jury issue. … The trial court refused to accept Brown's affidavit.

Hart v. State

612 So. 2d 520 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Feb 28, 1992

Brown v. State , 288 Ala. 684 , 264 So.2d 553 , 554 (1972). … Brown , 479 U.S. at 541 [ 107 S.Ct. at 839 ]." Williams v. State , 601 So.2d at 1080 .