Case law

Melvin Christopher Moss v. State of Alabama

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Dec 19, 2025

Nick Brown testified about the facts underlying Moss's first-degree robbery charge. According to Inv. Brown, law-enforcement officers received a call about a male, Bradford, "going door to door asking for help." … Elrod v. State, 629 So. 2d 58, 59 (Ala. Crim. App. 1993), citing Rivers. Accord, White v. State, 616 So. 2d 399 (Ala. Crim. App.1993); Looney v. State, 563 So. 2d 3, 4 (Ala. Crim. App.1989); Smith v.

Williams v. State

461 So. 2d 1335 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jul 17, 1984

In Washington v. … As was noted in Aikens v.

Browning v. State

57 Ala. App. 217 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Dec 16, 1975

Browning v. State, 51 Ala.App. 632 , 288 So.2d 170 (1974). … Ballard v. State, 51 Ala.App. 393 , 286 So.2d 68 . The original opinion, Browning v. State, 51 Ala.App. 632 , 288 So.2d 170 , was written by Judge Leigh Clark, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

M.W. v. State

571 So. 2d 361 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 3, 1990

Nichols v. State, 267 Ala. 217, 223 , 100 So.2d 750, 755 (1958). Even in juvenile cases, proper and timely objections are required. See Ex parte Brown, 540 So.2d 740, 744-45 (Ala.1989). … In Duncan v.

Craig Newton v. State of Alabama.

78 So. 3d 458 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 2, 2009

After Anita testified, in an effort to corroborate her testimony, the defense sought to admit a divorce decree for Newton's mother and Brown and a report from the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles that showed the various … offenses Brown had committed.

Washington v. State

405 So. 2d 62 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 6, 1981

To comport with “due process” the board’s decision must not have been made arbitrarily or capriciously but should have been based upon “substantial evidence.” Aikens v. … Williams v. Davis, supra. The board should file a return in circuit court and include this information in same. The record before us does not contain the required statement by the disciplinary board.

C.T.L. v. State

599 So. 2d 94 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 15, 1992

Willcutt v. State, 284 Ala. 547, 549 , 226 So.2d 328, 330 (1969). In resolving questions of sufficiency of the evidence, this Court must view the evidence in the light most favorable to the State. Woodberry v. … Brown. According to Jenkins, Mr. Brown then contacted the appellant’s mother and asked her to accompany the appellant back to school to resolve this matter.

Spooner v. State

451 So. 2d 429 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 22, 1984

It was presented to the board that inmate Spooner was not in the area of assignment. The board, therefore, determined Spooner to be guilty [sic]." In Wolff v. … Finally, in Martin v.

Evans v. State

82 So. 3d 766 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Sep 30, 2011

Constitution” because Brown and Bowden signed affidavits in support of a warrant for Evans’s arrest, but neither Brown nor Bow-den testified at trial. … The affidavits signed by Brown and Bowden in support of an arrest warrant were not presented to the jury at trial.

Roberts v. State

387 So. 2d 302 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 19, 1980

Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436 , 86 S.Ct. 1602 , 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966); United States v. Biair, 470 F.2d 331 (5 Cir. 1972); United States v. Priest, 409 F.2d 491 (5th Cir. 1969). In United States v. … In United States v. Priest, when the standard form containing the Miranda warning was given accused, he said “He did not want to sign the form until he had consulted with his attorney.” 409 F.2d at 492 . In Maglio v.

Saffold v. State

570 So. 2d 727 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 16, 1990

"It was the consensus of the Competency Evaluation Board that Mr. … Don Brown, Psychiatrist, and Ms. Pearl Brown, Psychologist. Jackson discussed Mr. Saffold's mental state with Saffold's family and others, and reached the decision, with the concurrence of Mr.

Meeks v. State

434 So. 2d 836 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 29, 1982

arrest and the confession so that *842 the confession is “ ‘ “sufficiently an act of free will to purge the primary taint.” ’ Brown v. … Under the decisions in Brown v. Illinois, Dunaway v. New York, and Taylor v. Alabama, evidence of the confession should not have been admitted at his trial. Under Crews v.

Sellers v. State

586 So. 2d 994 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 23, 1991

Generally, habeas corpus is inappropriate as a remedy to review the actions of an administrative board or commission, such as the Board. … See Ellard v.

Wedgeworth v. State

610 So. 2d 1244 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Sep 18, 1992

Brown v. State , 588 So.2d 551 (Ala.Cr.App. 1991). Moreover, it is not the province of the Court of Criminal Appeals to reweigh the evidence. … Anthony Brown, a witness to the appellant's sale of the victim's ring, was not known to the prosecutors until shortly before they rested their case, and Brown was first interviewed by the prosecutors and the police on the

Lunceford v. City of Northport

555 So. 2d 246 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 10, 1988

Second, there must be a showing that the test was performed according to methods approved by the State Board of Health. Alabama Code 1975, § 32-5A-194 (a)(1). See Commander v. State , 374 So.2d 910 (Ala.Crim.App. 1978). … See Brown v. State , 30 Ala.

Pearsall v. State

564 So. 2d 1014 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Sep 29, 1989

We question the use of hearsay evidence here to support the board's findings when direct testimony as to the facts was obtainable. See Sapp v. Le Fevre , 111 A.D.2d 483 , 488 N.Y.S.2d 857 (1985); Outagamie County v. … In any case, Smith did not appear, and appellant alleges in his petition that the board did not contact Smith and made no effort to do so. In Ponte v.

Collins v. State

385 So. 2d 993 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 16, 1979

Arant v. State , 232 Ala. 275 , 167 So. 540 ; Bachelor v. State , 216 Ala. 356 , 113 So. 67 . … Walker v. State , Ala.Cr.App., 355 So.2d 755 , 757 ; Scott v. State , 55 Ala. App. 318 , 314 So.2d 921 ; Bills v. State , 49 Ala. App. 726 , 275 So.2d 706 .

Tate v. State

456 So. 2d 838 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 20, 1984

Palmer v. State, 165 Ala. 129 , 51 So. 358 (1909). The error, if any, in ruling testimony inadmissible is cured by the prior or subsequent admission of the same evidence. Siebold v. … Woodard v. State, 253 Ala. 259, 264-65 , 44 So.2d 241 (1950). See also Dyer ¶.

Browder v. State

54 Ala. App. 369 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 26, 1974

J., in Daniell v. … Kelly v. State, 235 Ala. 5 , 176 So. 807 ; Reeves v. State, 17 Ala.App. 684 , 88 So. 197 ; Chamberlain v. State, supra.

Scott v. State

599 So. 2d 1222 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jan 17, 1992

The appellant also alleges that the parole board's guidelines allowing a parole officer to conduct a warrantless search of a parolee's property do not apply here. … Brown , 460 U.S. 730 , 741 , 103 S.Ct. 1535 , 1543 , 75 L.Ed.2d 502 (1983)).