Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Nelson
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 13, 1991No. 1901453Published
1Opinion of the Court
595 So.2d 510 (1991)
Ex parte Joseph Langston NELSON.
(Re Joseph Langston Nelson v. State).
1901453.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
December 13, 1991.
Eddie Beason of Fine & McDowell, Russellville, for petitioner.
James H. Evans, Atty. Gen., and Yvonne A. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
KENNEDY, Justice.
In Alabama, when a witness takes the stand and swears to tell the truth and then testifies, there is no legal presumption that he or she testifies truthfully. Such an instruction to a jury would constitute error.
The petitioner, Joseph Langston Nelson, was indicted for the offense of attempted…
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