Dorsey v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the possession of a forged instrument. Section 13A-9-6, Alabama Code 1975 (Amended 1977). Sentence was six years' imprisonment

Admitted in this case were the very same type of mug shots this Court condemned in Holsclaw v. State, 364 So.2d 378 (Ala.Cr.App.) cert. denied, 364 So.2d 382 (Ala. 1978). These photographs should not have been admitted into evidence, over proper objection, because they indicated that the defendant had a criminal record However, at trial, this was not the basis of defense counsel's objection. The objection made at trial was:

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