Ex Parte Webb

This Court issued the writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals to review this question: Did the Court of Criminal Appeals err in holding that the petitioner waived his right to object to the trial court's failure to question prospective jurors as to whether the jurors would be inclined to give more weight to the testimony of a police officer than they would to the testimony of a private citizen or to the testimony of the defendant?

The Court of Criminal Appeals, 586 So.2d 951, citing its case of Nodd v. State, 549 So.2d 139 (Ala.Cr.App. 1989),1 held that the petitioner was entitled…