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Ex Parte Harris

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 7, 1983No. 81-417PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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, Harris v. Alabama, 428 So.2d 121 (Ala.Cr.App. 1981), and no need exists to repeat those facts here.

It is well settled in Alabama that if a party's own witness denies having made a prior inconsistent statement, testimony from another witness that he made the statement is not admissible. Isbell v. State, 57 Ala.…

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2Cases cited10 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. Randolph v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Carroll v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
  2. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  3. Buchannon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  4. Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
  5. Wyllie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983

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