Legal Opinion
Hardeman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 30, 1994No. CR 93-119PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Edward Earl Simmons Hardeman was convicted of the murder of Bennie James Rembert and was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment. He raises six issues on this direct appeal from that conviction.
I
The appellant claims that the State violated the rule prohibiting the impeachment of one's own witness.
On voir dire examination at trial, Birmingham Police Officer Cetonia Parham testified that the appellant did not make any statement when he was initially arrested and that the appellant "did say some things to [her], they just didn't involve the condition of the knife." R. 254-55, 258, 266-67. On direct…
2Cases cited48 opinions
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- Haynes v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by15 opinions
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