Brown v. State

HOUSTON, Justice.

Tavares Brown was convicted of murder, a violation of § 13A-6-2, Ala.Code 1975. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. The Court of Criminal Appeals, on October 20, 2000, affirmed the judgment of the trial court. Brown v. State (No. CR-99-1436), — So.2d - (Ala.Crim.App.2000) (table).

We granted Brown’s petition for certiorari review in order to consider two issues. The first issue is whether the trial court committed reversible error when it faked to give an instruction on the alibi defense. Brown made a written request for a charge on the alibi defense. We agree with the…