Case law

Brownfield v. State

266 So. 3d 777 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Dec 15, 2017

Smith , 964 So.2d 1 , 5 (Ala. 2007) (quoting Conference America, Inc. v. Telecommunications Coop. Network, Inc. , 885 So.2d 772 , 777 (Ala. 2003), quoting in turn, Gold Kist v. Brown , 495 So.2d 540 , 545 (Ala. 1986) ). … App. 2015) (quoting Brown v. State , 288 Ga. 902 , 909, 708 S.E.2d 294 , 301 (2011) ). " 'Trial counsel's decisions regarding what theory of the case to pursue represent the epitome of trial strategy.' Flowers v.

Rutledge v. State

523 So. 2d 1087 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 28, 1987

In reviewing the propriety of these comments, we are guided by the following: "We adopt the language of the court in Brown v. … Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama, 436 So.2d 837, 841 (Ala. 1983). "The appellant must present evidence to prove the personal bias of a judge, or else his motion cannot prevail." Slinker v.

State v. Jemison

66 So. 3d 832 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Dec 17, 2010

Stiles v. Brown, 380 So.2d 792, 794 (Ala.1980) (citations omitted). … In Terry v.

Melton v. State

69 So. 3d 916 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 1, 2010

United States v. … United States v.

Brand v. State

93 So. 3d 985 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Dec 16, 2011

In Burge v. … At that point, a probation officer with the Board of Pardons and Parole monitors the inmate’s behavior during the suspended probationary portions of the inmate’s sentence that were to be supervised.

Wallen v. City of Mobile

270 So. 3d 1190 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 10, 2018

Board of Trustees of Employees' Retirement Sys. of Montgomery v. Talley , 291 Ala. 307 , 310, 280 So.2d 553 , 556 (1973). See also Thorn v. … App. 2003) (quoting Jansen v. State ex rel.

State of Alabama v. Thornal Lee Adams.

91 So. 3d 724 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 5, 2010

King v. Morton, 955 So.2d 1012, 1017 (Ala. 2006) (quoting Board of Trs. of Employees’ Retirement Sys. v. Talley, 291 Ala. 307, 310 , 280 So.2d 553, 556 (1973)). … A “ ‘facial challenge’ ... is defined as ‘[a] claim that a statute is unconstitutional on its face — that is, that it always operates unconstitutionally.’ ” Board of Water & Sewer Comm’rs of Mobile v.

Bush v. State

695 So. 2d 70 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 8, 1996

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. … 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).

Thomas Robert Lane v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court: CC-05-1499.60)

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Dec 20, 2024

See United States v. Brown, 809 F.3d 371 (7th Cir. 2016) (prospective juror's belief that he had been wrongfully arrested was race-neutral reason for peremptory strike). … See Brown, 809 F.3d at 375 ('[T]he jurors that Brown points to were not similarly situated to Juror 74. With regard to Juror 81, having charges dropped is distinguishable from being wrongly arrested. ...

Wallen v. City of Mobile

270 So. 3d 1190 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 10, 2018

Board of Trustees of Employees' Retirement Sys. of Montgomery v. Talley , 291 Ala. 307 , 310, 280 So.2d 553 , 556 (1973). See also Thorn v. … App. 2003) (quoting Jansen v. State ex rel.

State v. CM

746 So. 2d 410 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 5, 1999

Massachusetts Board of Retirement v. Murgia, 427 U.S. 307 , 96 S.Ct. 2562 , 49 L.Ed.2d 520 (1976). Because neither group involved is a suspect class, we turn to the individual interest affected by the statute. … See E.B. v.

White v. State

587 So. 2d 1218 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 24, 1990

In State v. … Ex parte Brown , 65 Ala. 446 , 447-48 (1880).

Evans v. State

361 So. 2d 654 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 25, 1977

Brown of Mobile filed his report on Appellant Evans April 21, 1977, and on Appellant Ritter April 22, 1977. … This Court determined in Jacobs , supra, that this procedure was very similar to the procedure approved by the Supreme Court of the United States in Proffitt v.

Ex Parte James

53 Ala. App. 632 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 8, 1974

Wyatt v. State, 35 Ala.App. 147 , 46 So. 2d 837 . In Noles v. … In Howard v.

Wilson v. State

690 So. 2d 449 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jan 13, 1995

White went back to his trailer, wrapped the gun in a towel, and hid it under some boards behind his trailer. White stated that he was told that he would receive a telephone call telling him when to commit the murder. … He explained that he wrapped the gun in a piece of brown towel, drove home, and hid it in a hole on his back porch.

King v. State

574 So. 2d 921 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Sep 21, 1990

Brown v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161, 165 , 97 S.Ct. 2221, 2225 , 53 L.Ed.2d *930 187 (1977). … See Pierce v.

Norris v. State

793 So. 2d 847 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 26, 1999

Compare Brown v. … Price v.

Allen v. State

659 So. 2d 135 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 27, 1994

Moseley , supra; Brown v. State , 393 So.2d 513 (Ala.Cr.App. 1981). ". . . . ". . . … Sams v.

S.A.J. v. State

195 So. 3d 327 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 29, 2015

J.W. remembered that S.A.J. had brown hair and a beard, but could not remember anything else about his appearance. J.W. indicated that her memory of the events was hazy. … Green v.

Smith v. State

795 So. 2d 788 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 26, 2000

.'"); Thomas v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, 680 A.2d 24 (Pa. Commw.Ct.1996) (Because judge previously prosecuted defendant does not preclude judge in future unrelated cases from presiding over trial.). VI. … See Brown v. United States, supra[, 119 U.S.App.D.C. 203 , 338 F.2d 543 (1964)]. See also Fed.R.Evid. 609(d); United States v. Decker, 543 F.2d 1102, 1104-05 (5th Cir.1976), cert. denied sub nom. Vice v.