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216 So. 3d 464 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Dec 18, 2015
United States v. Lewis, 592 F.2d 1282, 1286 (5th Cir. 1979).’ “Coon v. State, 494 So.2d 184, 186 (Ala. Crim.App.1986). … Indeed, in Fuller v. State, [Ms.
Cited 3 timesPublished466 So. 2d 995 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 20, 1984
Gulledge v. State , 419 So.2d 219 (Ala. 1982); Mayne v. State , 416 So.2d 741 (Ala. 1982); Bragg v. State , 416 So.2d 715 (Ala. 1982); McKinney v. State , 404 So.2d 639 (Ala. 1981). … Gallagher v. State , 425 So.2d 1079 , 1080 (Ala. 1983); Brown v. State , 353 So.2d 1384 , 1387 (Ala. 1977).
Reversed on other grounds by Ex Parte Whisenant, 466 So. 2d 1006 (1985)Cited 33 timesPublished736 So. 2d 1134 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 23, 1998
BROWN, Judge. The appellants, Lawrence Paultice Williams (“Williams”), and Mark Antonio Thompkins (“Thompkins”), were jointly tried for the murder of William Glen Richardson. … V.
Cited 3 timesPublished407 So. 2d 827 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jan 30, 1979
It was dark brown, and it was laced around the edges in black. It was a medium size, regular billfold made of genuine leather. "This is a true and correct statement to the best of my knowledge. … In Evans and Ritter v.
Reversed on other grounds by Bracewell v. State, 1981 Ala. LEXIS 3425 (1981)Cited 5 timesPublished615 So. 2d 1223 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jan 22, 1993
The appellant placed the letters in a large brown envelope. He gave the envelope to Strickland and asked her to deliver them. … Smith v. Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar , 284 Ala. 420 , 428 , 225 So.2d 829 , 885 (1969). "`[S]uch unlawful community of purpose entered into as a conspiracy need not be. proven by positive testimony.
Cited 118 timesPublished548 So. 2d 526 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 23, 1988
Brown v. State, 481 So.2d 1173 (Ala.Cr.App.1985); Chillous v. State, 405 So.2d 58 (Ala.Cr.App.1981). … See, e.g., Broughton v. Kilpatrick, 362 So.2d 865 (Ala.1978); Brown v. State ; Pride v. State, 473 So.2d 576 (Ala.Cr.App.1984), cert. denied, 473 So.2d 576 (Ala.1985). We find no abuse of discretion here.
Cited 141 timesPublished407 So. 2d 854 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 24, 1981
In Dennison v. … In McGowan v.
Cited 40 timesPublished200 So. 3d 35 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 13, 2015
See Brown v. State, 565 So.2d 585, 589 (Ala.1990); Sisson v. State, 528 So.2d 1159, 1160 (Ala.1988); Gandy v. City of Birmingham, 478 So.2d 11, 12 (Ala.Cr.App.1985); see also Young v. … See Patton v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedJerry Devane Bryant v. State of Alabama.
951 So. 2d 732 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 29, 2005
Dutton v. Brown , 812 F.2d 593 , 595 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, Dutton v. Maynard , 484 U.S. 836 , 108 S. Ct. 116 , 98 L.Ed.2d 74 (1987). … The prosecution also contacted the Board of Pardons and Paroles to see if it had an address for Vickers, but was told that Vickers had completed his sentence and was no longer required to report to it.
Cited 0 timesPublished599 So. 2d 1253 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 12, 1992
The appellant has simply failed to show that the trial court abused its discretion in this regard under the principles announced by this Court in Brown v. … See California v. Brown, 479 U.S. 538, 543 , 107 S.Ct. 837, 838 , 93 L.Ed.2d 934 (1987); Williams v.
Cited 122 timesPublished369 So. 2d 901 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 17, 1979
See Brinegar v. United States, supra. As this court stated in Wright v. … Brown v. United States, 411 U.S. 223 , 93 S.Ct. 1565 , 36 L.Ed.2d 208 (1973); Lewis v. State, Ala.Cr.App., 335 So.2d 426 (1975), cert. denied, Ala., 335 So.2d 429 ; Cassady v.
Cited 10 timesPublished368 So. 2d 317 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 6, 1979
State v. Weeks, Fla., 335 So.2d 274 . In Connally v. General Const. … In State v.
Cited 2 timesPublished556 So. 2d 737 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jul 15, 1986
In Lockhart v. … State v.
Reversed in part by Ex Parte Williams, 556 So. 2d 744 (1987)Cited 40 timesPublished217 So. 3d 27 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 18, 2016
See, e.g., Centobie v. State, 861 So.2d 1111, 1122-24 (Ala.Crim.App.2001); Brown v. State, 821 So.2d 219, 225 (Ala.Crim.App.2000); Sartin v. State, 615 So.2d 135, 137 (Ala.Crim. App.1992); and Crittenden v. … Brown, 821 So.2d at 225 . Here, the evidence at trial established that Horton was arrested for an unrelated crime a few days after the murder.
Cited 14 timesPublishedSteven Lyle Lay v. State of Alabama.
82 So. 3d 9 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Sep 30, 2011
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.” 7 See also Rule 26.9(b)(2), Ala. R.Crim. P. … See G.E.G. v.
Cited 3 timesPublished794 So. 2d 405 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Sep 17, 1999
Nobis v. … Brown Mechanical Contractors, Inc. v. Centennial Ins. Co., 431 So.2d 932, 937 (Ala.1983).” Ex parte Izundu, 568 So.2d at 772-73 .
Cited 0 timesPublished814 So. 2d 899 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Feb 4, 2000
Harold Reed, the state's pediatric expert, and the trial court asked him whether he was licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama, whether he had completed a residency internship, and whether he was board-certified … Id . at 694, 104 S.Ct. at 2068 ; see also Humphrey v. State , *Page 922 605 So.2d 848 (Ala.Cr.App. 1992). The burden rests on the defendant to show that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance. Brown v.
Cited 54 timesPublished706 So. 2d 265 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Feb 28, 1997
See Henry v. State, 468 So.2d 896, 901-902 (Ala.Cr.App.1984), cert. denied, 468 So.2d 902 (Ala.1985). V. … LONG, P.J., and McMILLAN, COBB, and BROWN, JJ., concur. BASCHAB, J., recuses herself.
Cited 18 timesPublished776 So. 2d 160 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 30, 1999
Brown’s infant son and the impact of Ms. Brown’s death on her family, and the prosecution’s limited references to such evidence, did not operate to deny Land a fair trial or to prejudice his substantial rights. … California v. Brown, 479 U.S. 538 , 107 S.Ct. 837 , 93 L.Ed.2d 934 (1987); Ex parte Henderson, 616 So.2d 348 (Ala.1992); Haney v.
Cited 2 timesPublished797 So. 2d 503 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 25, 2000
Brown testified that both Smith and the victim had told her that they loved each other. The prosecution then stated that he thought he had "heard a door swinging open." … The trial court agreed with this assessment of the evidence and allowed the State to question Brown about the threats Smith had made to the victim.
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