Legal Opinion
Hooper v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 14, 1990No. 89-1314Published
1Opinion of the Court
585 So.2d 137 (1990)
Ex parte State of Alabama.
(Re John Edward HOOPER
v.
STATE).
89-1314.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
December 14, 1990.
Rehearing Denied February 8, 1991.
Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and Beth Slate Poe, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.
Paul M. Harden and Anthony J. Bishop, Evergreen, and Windell C. Owens, Monroeville, for respondent.
MADDOX, Justice.
The State asks us to overturn prior cases holding that testimony given under oath at a prior trial and subject to the penalty of perjury is admissible for the purpose of contradiction or impeachment but not as substantive evidence.
The Court…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- California v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- California v. TybergSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- State v. WhelanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
- Gibbons v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1982
- Di Carlo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
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