Legal Opinion

Flint v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided March 27, 1979PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The appellant, an expert in the Korean martial art of Tae Kwon Do, killed Geraldine Feagin by striking her with his hand. The single blow lacerated Ms. Feagin's liver causing shock, hemorrhage and death. A jury convicted the appellant of murder in the first degree and set punishment at life imprisonment.

I

Initially the appellant contends that the prosecutor made a "grossly abusive prejudicial comment" in closing argument containing "a racial slur directed toward the appellant, a direct reference to police brutality, and a smear of the process of waiver of constitutional right".

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2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Starr v. StarrSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  2. Kemp v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  3. Clarke v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1897
  4. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  5. Lowman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909

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3Cited by33 opinions

  1. Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000
  2. Wilson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1999
  3. DeBruce v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
  4. Duke v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2002
  5. Chaney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982

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