432 So. 2d 27 - Bennett v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
August 1985
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Boykin v. Alabama · 53 Ala. App. 43 - Carter v. State · 53 Ala. App. 36 - Cooper v. State · 411 So. 2d 824 - Sheehan v. State · Cooper v. State
Most-quoted passages
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““Some of our decisions in regard to the requisites of the Boykin rights are confusing and this confusion led the eminent and distinguished trial judge into error, without any fault whatsoever on his part, in neglecting to personally interrogate the defendant in this case and record her responses thereto. We regret this. We want to expressly state to the trial courts and the trial bar that our decision today, in the interest of the administration of justice, is prospective only. Stated another way, this decision has no retroactive application.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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