456 So. 2d 306 - Ex Parte Calloway’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “"In Little the United States Supreme Court said denial of the aid of blood test evidence in a paternity action to an indigent defendant who has the burden of proving by independent evidence that he is not the father of an illegitimate child effectively denied that defendant an opportunity to be heard and thus was a denial of due process. . . . "Section 26-12-5, Code 1975, provides that in an illegitimacy case the reputed father can request blood tests be made of the reputed father, the mother, and the child, and that the court may order the costs be paid by the county or one or both of the parties in the case. It appears that petitioner requested blood tests be made; they were made, and the costs assessed against Covington County. "The Little case, supra , holds that the reputed father was denied due process because blood tests were not made due to his indigency. The Connecticut statute required the requesting party to pay for the blood tests. In the case at bar the Alabama statute authorized the trial court to assess the costs of the blood tests against the county, and the county was required to pay for the blood tests. Accordingly, we do not find that the petitioner has been denied due process of law by the refusal of the circuit court to order further tests be made at the expense of the county. Also, we do not find that Little v. Streater, supra , mandates a different finding."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Calloway

2. “of such little probative value as to be insufficient”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Ex Parte Calloway