Legal Opinion
Ex parte B.B.S. v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 22, 1994No. 1921687PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMON, Justice.
B.B.S., the petitioner, was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree, a violation of Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-6-66. The alleged victim of the sexual abuse was his 10-year-old daughter, J.S. When J.S. testified at trial she denied that her father had touched her anywhere he should not have touched her or had done anything to her that bothered her. The district attorney then introduced hearsay evidence, citing as authority Ala.Code 1975, § 15-25-31, from persons who said that J.S. had recounted to them incidents of sexual contact by the petitioner. The petitioner later attempted…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ohio v. RobertsSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Idaho v. WrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- White v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Ex Parte CokerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2004
- R.D.W. v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
- R.D. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1997
- Nettles v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
- Steele v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2004
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