Case law

Mayfield v. State

588 So. 2d 215 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 14, 1991

On this point, insofar as Montgomery v. … Osborn v. Brown, 361 So.2d 82, 86 (Ala.1978). We find no abuse of the trial judge’s discretion here.

Jakes v. State

398 So. 2d 342 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jan 20, 1981

Wong Sun v. United States, 371 U.S. 471 , 83 S.Ct. 407 , 9 L.Ed.2d 441 (1963); Davis v. Mississippi, 394 U.S. 721 , 89 S.Ct. 1394 , 22 L.Ed.2d 676 (1969); Brown v. … In Abernathy v.

Nguyen v. State

547 So. 2d 582 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Sep 20, 1988

Brown, Mobile, for appellant Bi Tran. Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Jane LeCroy Brannan, Asst. Atty. Gen., for State. Alabama Supreme Court 88-2. Alabama Supreme Court 88-1046. McMILLAN, Judge. … Brown v. State, 481 So.2d 1173, 1175 (Ala.Cr.App.1985). The comment cannot be found to be so offensive and prejudicial that it constitutes fundamental error vitiating the result of the trial.

Johnson v. State

57 Ala. App. 470 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 16, 1976

He had sandy red hair, freckled face, fair complexion and was wearing a tan-gold field jacket with light brown pants. … Boswell v. State, 290 Ala. 349 , 276 So.2d 592 ; Freeland v. State, 43 Ala.App. 406 , 191 So.2d 245 ; Gore v. State, 45 Ala.App. 146 , 227 So.2d 432 . In United States v.

Morris v. State

196 So. 3d 1256 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Dec 18, 2015

In Ward v. … Wilkerson v. State, 486 So.2d 509, 514 (Ala.Crim.App.1986) (quoting Ex parte Stork, 475 So.2d 623, 625 (Ala.1985)). See Brown v.

Smith v. State

745 So. 2d 922 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 28, 1999

Browning v. State , 607 So.2d 339 , 342 (Ala.Cr.App. 1992). Rather, to violate the right to effective assistance of counsel, an attorney must "actively represent conflicting interests." … Browning , 607 So.2d at 342 , quoting Zuck v. Alabama , 588 F.2d 436 , 439 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 444 U.S. 833 , 100 S.Ct. 63 , 62 L.Ed.2d 42 (1979).

Bracy v. State

473 So. 2d 1133 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Feb 12, 1985

Initially, he was a state prisoner but "he got shipped up to Leavenworth, Kansas, [as] a state prisoner being boarded in a federal institution." … Fields v. State , 424 So.2d 697 , 699 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982).

Michael Anthony Powell v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Shelby Circuit Court: CC-16-942)

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 3, 2024

In his defense, Powell presented testimony from Tina Brown, who had seen the person-of-interest photos that law enforcement made public. 10 CR-20-0727 Brown said that she telephoned … .'); Harris v. State, 2 So. 3d 880, 920 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007) (same); Brown v. State, 11 So. 3d 866, 903 (Ala. Crim.

Birdsong v. State

267 So. 3d 343 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jul 7, 2017

Sisson v. State , 528 So.2d 1159 , 1162 (Ala. 1988). In King v. State , 574 So.2d 921 (Ala. Crim. … Brown v. Ohio , 432 U.S. 161 , 165, 97 S.Ct. 2221 , 2225, 53 L.Ed. 2d 187 (1977)." 574 So.2d at 929 -30 . More recently, in Childs v. State , 238 So.3d 90 (Ala. Crim.

Cooner v. State

272 So. 3d 206 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 1, 2018

Cooner v. … Seaton v. State , 645 So.2d 341 , 343 (Ala. Crim. App. 1994) (quoting McCord v. State , 501 So.2d 520 , 528-29 (Ala. Crim.

Dunaway v. State

746 So. 2d 1021 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 23, 1998

United States v. Brown , 899 F.2d 189 , 192 (2d Cir. 1990) (comparing 18 U.S.C. § 17 (a) to the predecessor defense recognized in federal courts). … See United States v. Brown , 899 F.2d at 192 ; United States v. Cameron , 907 F.2d at 1061 .

Carter v. State

435 So. 2d 137 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 29, 1983

Blakely v. State, 28 Ala.App. 574 , 190 So. 102 (1939); Gardner v. State, 21 Ala.App. 388 , 108 So. 635 (1926); Lewis v. State, 10 Ala.App. 31 , 64 So. 537 (1914). … The circuit judge also found that "(s)ubsequent to the granting of youthful offender status and prior to the time the youthful offender status was revoked he did receive notification from the State of Alabama Board of Pardons

Campbell v. State

341 So. 2d 735 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 4, 1976

Co. v. … Appellee is correct in citing Blackwell v. State, 264 Ala. 553 , 88 So.2d 347 (1956); Alberson v. State, 254 Ala. 87 , 47 So.2d 182 (1950); Brown v. State, 243 Ala. 529 , 10 So.2d 855 (1940), all to that effect.

Shivers v. State

555 So. 2d 338 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 17, 1989

United States v. Black, 497 F.2d 1039 (5th Cir.1974); United States v. McGlamory, 441 F.2d 130 (5th Cir.1971); Clark v. … Jordan v. State, 229 Ala. 415 , 157 So. 485 (1934); Black v. State, 52 Ala.App. 528 , 294 So.2d 777 (1974). In Korreckt v.

Laing v. State

390 So. 2d 1154 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 7, 1980

In Powell v. … In Cox v.

Carstarphen v. State

671 So. 2d 784 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 16, 1995

In Bombailey v. … McMillian v. State, 594 So.2d 1253 (Ala.Cr.App.1991); Faircloth v. State, 471 So.2d 485 (Ala.Cr.App.1984), aff'd, 471 So.2d 493 (Ala.1985); Cumbo v.

Labarron Miller v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court: CC-81-1570)

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 23, 2024

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Ballard v. State

461 So. 2d 899 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 28, 1984

Cobb v. State , 355 So.2d 741 (Ala.Crim.App. 1978); Liptroth v. … Summerville , supra; Browning v. State , 429 So.2d 653 (Ala.Crim.App. 1983); Agee v. State , 429 So.2d 654 (Ala.Crim.App. 1982).

A.D. v. State

778 So. 2d 244 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 26, 2000

An employee of the school board, Gary Thomas, was installing computer cable at the time of the altercation, and he witnessed the incident. … In Henton v. State, 733 So.2d 914, 917 (Ala.Cr.App.1998), this Court stated: “In accordance with Gagnon v. Scarpelli, 411 U.S. 778 , 93 S.Ct. 1756 , 36 L.Ed.2d 656 (1973), Armstrong v.

Godfrey v. State

383 So. 2d 575 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Feb 26, 1980

This report was provided by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles and included the defendant's "criminal history". … We have done so a number of times: See United States v. English , 9 Cir., 1970, 421 F.2d 133 (dictum); Austin v. United States , 9 Cir., 1969, 408 F.2d 808 ; Ward v. California , 9 Cir., 1959, 269 F.2d 906 ; Taylor v.