480 So. 2d 608 - Sumpter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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1. “Where the trial court finds, on conflicting evidence, that the confession was voluntarily made, its finding will not be disturbed on appeal unless found to be manifestly contrary to the great weight of the evidence. Harris v. State , 420 So.2d 812 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982); Myers v. State , 401 So.2d 288 (Ala.Cr.App. 1981); Balentine v. State , 339 So.2d 1063 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied , 339 So.2d 1070 (Ala. 1976).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 499 So. 2d 802 - Gwynne v. State

2. “`to establish a sufficient predicate for admission into evidence, it must be shown that there was no break in the chain of custody of the item,'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Armstrong v. State

3. “[t]he definition of a deadly weapon [in § 13A-1-2 (11)] does not require that a firearm be loaded at the time of the offense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 554 So. 2d 477 - Buchannon v. State