54 Ala. App. 359 - Matthews v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
states following
May 1986
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Lee v. State · Eaton v. State · 15 Ala. App. 262 - Palmer v. State · Jackson v. State · Sharpe v. Palmco, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“"It is true that argument by a District Attorney to a jury that a defendant convicted and sentenced to the penitentiary may be eligible for pardon or parole is improper and has been held to be reversible error. Eaton v. State , 278 Ala. 224 , 177 So.2d 444 and Lee v. State , 265 Ala. 623 , 93 So.2d 757 . However, it is further held if that argument is in reply to argument by the defense that the defendant, if convicted, will be sentenced to the penitentiary, the rule above referred to does not apply and the district attorney is within his rights in making his reply to a subject first introduced in argument from the defendant."”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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