Franklin v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for robbery in the first degree. Alabama Code 1975, Section 13A-8-41. Sentence was fifty years' imprisonment. The defendant presents five arguments for the reversal of his conviction.

I

Although the defendant argues that 11 percent of the veniremen had read newspaper accounts of the crime, there is absolutely no evidence of any actual prejudice against the defendant resulting from any pretrial publicity. The law on this subject is summarized as follows:

"Exposure of jurors to adverse publicity either prior to or during trial may create prejudice and…