Ex Parte Marek
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
Petitioner, Vincent Lee Marek, was convicted of first degree rape on January 28, 1986, and was sentenced to serve 20 years in the state penitentiary. We issued the writ of certiorari to review the following issues:
1) Whether the trial court's refusal to conduct an in camera review of the victim's grand jury testimony in order to determine if it was discoverable was error.
2) Whether the trial court properly allowed evidence of a tacit admission by the defendant.
3) Whether the trial court's refusal to give one of petitioner's jury charges constituted reversible error.
The facts of this case are…
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