49 Ala. App. 548 - Howard v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 1982
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Witherspoon v. Illinois · Peterson v. United States · Marler v. State · Willard v. Presbury · Howard v. State
Most-quoted passages
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““Upon the showing of proper grounds for the failure of the witness to be present, the former testimony of that witness may be given orally by the witness who was present at the trial or by a court reporter’s transcript properly identified, Harper v. State, 16 Ala.App. 53 , 79 So. 632 (1918); Todd v. State, 13 Ala.App. 301 , 69 So. 325 (1915); Alabama Western Railroad Co. v. Downey, 177 Ala. 612 , 58 So. 918 (1912).” Howard v. State, 49 Ala.App. 548 , 274 So.2d 104, 106 (1973).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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