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765 So. 2d 21 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Feb 4, 2000
See United States v. … Smith v. Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar, 284 Ala. 420, 428 , 225 So.2d 829, 835 (1969). "`"[S]uch unlawful community of purpose entered into as a conspiracy need not be proven by positive testimony.
Cited 8 timesPublished364 So. 2d 1205 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 31, 1978
With Bag-well’s permission, defendant boarded the truck and sat down on the passenger’s side of the seat of the truck. They drove to the Jr. Food Store on the Montgomery Highway in Dothan. … Ex parte Grimmett, 1 228 Ala. 1 , 152 So. 263 (1933); Blue v. State, 246 Ala. 73 , 19 So.2d 11 (1944); Clark v. State, 257 Ala. 95 , 57 So.2d 384 (1952); Massengale v.
Cited 0 timesPublishedTyreese Nikita Crayton v. State of Alabama
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 5, 2023
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Cited 0 timesPublishedBrandon Deshawn Webster v. State of Alabama (Appeal from Montgomery Circuit Court: CC-22-148)
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 28, 2025
E.g., Chambers v. State, 181 So. 3d 429, 434 (Ala. Crim. App. 2015); Morton v. State, 154 So. 3d 1065, 1080 (Ala. Crim. App. 2013); Brown v. State, 11 So. 3d 866, 914 (Ala. Crim. App. 2007). … V.
Cited 0 timesPublishedChristopher Matthew Henderson v. State of Alabama. (Appeal from Madison Circuit Court: CC-17-3064).
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 3, 2024
By that time, the Alabama Supreme Court had "entered an order resuming in-person hearings," Ex parte Brown, 368 So. 3d at 953, but trial courts were still contending with COVID-19. … Brown v. Epps, 686 F.3d 281, 286 (5th Cir. 2012) (emphasis added). See also Keaton v. State, 375 So. 3d 44, 115 (Ala. Crim.
Cited 0 timesPublished736 So. 2d 664 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 3, 1998
Connor v. … Angela Sewall, Mack's cousin, testified that before leaving Jerome Sealy's party Mack removed a brown bag from the trunk of her car. She believed that the bag contained a gun.
Cited 17 timesPublishedMichael Carvese Williams v. State of Alabama
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Feb 10, 2023
Mozee v. American Commercial Marine Service Co., 963 F.2d 929, 939 (7th Cir. 1992), quoted in Brown v. Amoco Oil Co., 793 F. Supp. 846, 851 (N.D. Ind. 1992). … See Hall v.
Cited 0 timesPublished860 So. 2d 367 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 25, 2002
See State v. … On April 26, 2000, Finney's trial counsel, Milton Brown, filed a motion to withdraw, which the trial court granted on April 28, 2000.
Cited 10 timesPublished706 So. 2d 770 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Feb 6, 1997
Register v. State, 640 So.2d 3 (Ala.Crim.App.1993), aff'd, 680 So.2d 225 (Ala.1994); Nail v. State, 629 So.2d 772 (Ala.Crim.App.1993). Inmon v. State, 585 So.2d 261 (Ala.Crim.App.1991); McGlown v. … Connor v. State, 447 So.2d 860, 863 (Ala.Crim.App.1984), quoted in Arthur v. State, supra.
Cited 13 timesPublished169 So. 3d 1076 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 8, 2013
Ex parte Brown, 11 So.3d 933, 938 (Ala.2008) (quoting Ex parte Bryant, 951 So.2d 724, 727 (Ala.2002), quoting in turn Hyde v. State, 778 So.2d 199, 209 (Ala.Crim.App.1998)). … “McNair v. State, 653 So.2d 320, 337-38 (Ala.Crim.App.1992) (emphasis added). See also Revis v. State, 101 So.3d 247 (Ala.Crim.App.2011); Brown v. State, 11 So.3d 866, 918-19 (Ala.Crim.App.2007).
Cited 14 timesPublished384 So. 2d 1171 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 18, 1980
Jackson v. State, 375 So.2d 1271 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, 375 So.2d 1274 (Ala.1979); Twymon v. State, 358 So.2d 1072 (Ala.Cr.App.1978); Parker v. … See Culombe v. Connecticut, 367 U.S. at 625 , 81 S.Ct. 1860 ; Fikes v. Alabama, 352 U.S. at 198 , 77 S.Ct. 281 . See also United States v.
Cited 29 timesPublished226 So. 3d 711 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 10, 2016
See Smith v. State, 112 So.3d 1108 (Ala.Crim.App.2012); Byrd v. State, 78 So.3d 445 (Ala.Crim.App.2009); *729 and Brown v. State, 982 So.2d 565 (Ala.Crim.App.2006). … Jones v. State, 816 So.2d 1067, 1071 (Ala.Crim.App.2000), overruled on other grounds, Brown v. State, 903 So.2d 159 (Ala.Crim.App.2004).
Cited 26 timesPublished562 So. 2d 1348 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 20, 1990
Burks put the vehicle's transmission in "park," got out, and observed some small, brown manila envelopes on the trunk of Murry's vehicle. … Nolen v.
Cited 28 timesPublished740 So. 2d 1115 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 29, 1998
In Haney v. … Brown v. State , 701 So.2d 314 (Ala.Cr.App. 1997); Ex parte Ingram , 675 So.2d 863 (Ala. 1996). However, because the appellant was sentenced to death, we will review his claims under the plain error rule. Rule 45A, Ala.
Cited 57 timesPublished930 So. 2d 550 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 27, 2005
Johnson v. … Ex parte Brown , 499 So.2d 787 , 788 (Ala. 1986) (emphasis in original).
Cited 32 timesPublishedJason Michael Sharp v. State of Alabama.
151 So. 3d 308 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 29, 2008
State, 726 So.2d 286, 291 (Ala.Crim.App.1997), additional citations omitted), and Brown v. … .- Young v. State, 283 Ala. 676 , 220 So.2d 843 (1969); Willis v. State.” Breckenridge v.
Cited 6 timesPublished516 So. 2d 726 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 11, 1985
Childress , the Eighth Circuit found only two successful Swain claims anywhere, State v. Brown, 371 So.2d 751 (La. 1979), and State v. Washington, 375 So.2d 1162 (La.1979). However, the burden is not insurmountable. … Under Brown [ v. Ohio, 432 U.S. 161 , 97 S.Ct. 2221 , 53 L.Ed.2d 187 (1977)], the reverse is also true; a conviction on a lesser-included offense bars subsequent trial on the greater offense."
Reversed on other grounds by Ex Parte Jackson, 516 So. 2d 768 (1987)Cited 138 timesPublished8 So. 3d 330 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 4, 2008
reckless manslaughter was not error, but, even if it was, it was harmless error, where the jury was charged on capital murder, intentional murder, and robbery, and the jury found the defendant guilty of capital murder); and Brown … v.
Cited 27 timesPublished45 So. 3d 380 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Dec 18, 2009
She indicated that the robber was in a large, light brown sport-utility vehicle (“SUV”), and DeQuesada testified that he saw a gold SUV near the location where he was robbed. … Biggs v.
Cited 2 timesPublished904 So. 2d 331 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 30, 2004
In Edgar v. … Malachi v. State, 89 Ala. 134, 140-141 , 8 So. 104 , 106 (1889); Smith v. State, 230 Ala. 413, 416 , 161 So. 538 (1935); Brown v. State, 31 Ala.App. 529 , 19 So.2d 88 (1944).
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