Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Harris

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 7, 1983No. 81-417Published

1Opinion of the Court

428 So.2d 124 (1983)

Ex parte: James Otis HARRIS.

(Re: James Otis Harris

v.

State of Alabama).

81-417.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

January 7, 1983.

Roger A. Brown, McDonald & Brown, Birmingham, for petitioner.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Joseph G.L. Marston, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

MADDOX, Justice.

The issue in this case is whether the trial court's permitting the prosecution to prove with a different witness the existence of a state witness's prior inconsistent statement constituted reversible error.

The Court of Criminal Appeals sets forth this case's facts amply in its opinion,…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Chillous v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  2. Isbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  3. Boyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  4. Randolph v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  5. Shouse v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953

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