Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Parker
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 9, 1992No. 1911038PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
John Forrest Parker was convicted in the Circuit Court of Colbert County of capital murder and was sentenced to death. In a unanimous decision, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Parker's conviction and sentence. See Parker v. State,587 So.2d 1072 (Ala.Crim.App. 1991), for a detailed statement of the case and the pertinent facts. On certiorari review, we affirm.
The Court of Criminal Appeals correctly resolved the numerous issues discussed in its opinion. We find it necessary to discuss only one of those issues — whether it was plain error for the prosecutors to personally vouch for the…
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3Cited by59 opinions
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