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Smitherman v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided September 8, 1987PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.]

This is an appeal from the denial of a coram nobis petition. In October of 1984, Mark Smitherman was convicted for the sale of a controlled substance and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment.

At trial, the main witness for the State was Farris Springfield, a former Baldwin County undercover narcotics investigator. Springfield testified that he arranged a marijuana buy from one Thomas King on July 2, 1983, at Rick's Lounge in Gulf Shores. King owned this lounge…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  4. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Ex Parte FrazierSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  2. Ex Parte HeatonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  3. Snell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
  4. Gray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
  5. Bradley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989

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