Legal Opinion

Craig v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided January 28, 1986No. 1 Div. 65PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

Percy Craig was indicted and convicted for burglary in the third degree and for receiving stolen property in the second degree. Sentence was twenty-five years’ imprisonment as a habitual offender.

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The prosecutor did not commit reversible error in cross examining the defendant about his knowledge of the Habitual Felony Offender Act. The defendant argues that the prosecutor was attempting “to convince the jury that Appellant was exercising his right to a jury trial, only because his prior convictions placed the mandatory minimum punishment he faced at 15 years, which…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Jacks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  2. Andrews v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
  3. Holman Freeman v. State of GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  4. Shelton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1905
  5. Senn v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Arthur v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996

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