Legal Opinion

Patterson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided September 3, 1993No. CR 92-687Published

1Opinion of the Court

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

Anthony Lamar Patterson, the appellant, was convicted of robbery in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole as a habitual felony offender. He raises four issues on this appeal from that conviction.

*1046I.

The victim’s testimony that she “was robbed” did not warrant the granting of a mistrial because the witness further testified to “exactly and only” what occurred. Richardson v. State, 439 So.2d 756, 757 (Ala.Cr.App.1983) (court could not “apprehend the prejudice created by [witness’] remark [that ‘they were trying to…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Craig v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1987
  2. Pardue v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  3. Dixon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  4. Young v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  5. Buchannon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989

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