Legal Opinion

Law v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided February 10, 1987No. 1 Div. 79Published

1Opinion

ON RETURN TO REMAND

The appellant and her co-defendant, Freddie James Witherspoon, were charged with the theft of four wire wheel covers from a T.G. Y. store. The appellant raised four issues on appeal.

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This cause was remanded to the trial court on February 10, 1987, with instructions to give the district attorney the opportunity to come forward with race-neutral explanations for his use of peremptory strikes. A return has been filed with this court containing the trial judge's findings and the evidence adduced at the hearing. The record indicates that the prosecuting attorney was able to…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Thigpen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
  3. Barbee v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  4. Evans v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  5. Dawkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984

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