Legal Opinion

Meredith v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 4, 1979No. 78-432PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Petition for the writ is denied. Our declining to issue the writ, however, is not to be construed as agreeing with that portion of the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion which finds:

"From the remarks reported in this case it could be implied that the prosecutor was going to make an improper comment on the possibility of a release or escape from a mental institution. Clearly, however, the argument never got that far nor can we state with any degree of certainty that that is where the argument was directed. . . ." (Emphasis theirs.)

Nor do we agree with language to the like effect in the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Allred v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Nobis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  2. Crowe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
  3. Voudrie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  4. Allen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
  5. Miller v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983

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