570 So. 2d 784 - Dover v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “"In Jacobs v. State , 465 So.2d 466 (Ala.Cr.App. 1984), this court addressed this issue and stated: " 'The ABA Standards for Criminal Justice , Sentencing Alternatives and Procedures, § 5.1 (1st ed.) suggests that it is the better practice for the trial judge who presided at defendant's trial to impose sentence on that defendant. However, § 5.1 also states that there will be times when it will be impossible for the judge who presided at the trial to impose sentence and another judge will necessarily have to act and impose sentence. In those instances, the judge who will impose the sentence should fully acquaint himself with all of the aspects of the defendant's case. See also Rule 25 (b) Fed. Rules Crim.Proc. 18 U.S.C.A.' "Generally, 'it is not error for a judge other than the one who tried the accused to pronounce judgment and sentence.' Annot., 83 A.L.R.2d 1032 (1962); Hill v. State , 455 So.2d 930 , 935 (Ala.Cr.App.), aff'd, 455 So.2d 938 (Ala. 1984); Duren v. State , 507 So.2d 111 , 116 (Ala.Cr.App. 1986), aff'd, 507 So.2d 121 (Ala. 1987)."”

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