Brazell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
October 1996
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boyle v. State · Dunn v. State · 414 So. 2d 993 - Ex Parte Allen · 401 So. 2d 213 - Brown v. State · 393 So. 2d 504 - Thomas v. State
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“"Because `(t)he verdict of a jury in a criminal case should be based solely upon the evidence adduced on the trial and be absolutely free from outside influences', McCray [v. State] , 261 Ala. [275] at 280, 74 So.2d 491 , we do not approve of the practice of instructing the jury on punishment where the fixing of punishment is the responsibility and duty of the trial judge. However, in view of the fact that the trial judge also instructed the jury that the burden for imposing the penalties for the lesser included offenses was upon the trial judge and upon the authorities we have cited, we find that these extraneous instructions constitute harmless error. A.R.A.P., Rule 45." Brazell v. State , 423 So.2d 323 , 325 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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