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625 So. 2d 1165

Hall v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 13, 1993

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · decided 1993-08-13

Cited by 4 later decisions — most recently November 2001

3 state decisions

Relies on Brady v. State of Maryland · 625 So. 2d 1162 - Hall v. State

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Decided 1993-08-13

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¶1ON RETURN TO REMAND

TAYLOR, Judge.

¶2The appellant, Marquette Hall, was convicted of burglary in the second degree, a violation of § 13A-7-6, Code of Alabama *11661975. From the record on appeal, this court could not determine whether the fingerprint evidence that the state failed to disclose was exculpatory because the fingerprints had not been analyzed. 625 So.2d 1162. We therefore remanded this cause so that the fingerprints found at the scene of the burglary could be analyzed.

¶3The fingerprints found at the scene of the burglary have now been analyzed. The department of forensic sciences, which evaluated the prints, stated: “Examination of these fragmentary latent fingerprints revealed they are all smudges and do not contain sufficient details to compare with any known fingerprints.” Thus, the failure of the state to disclose this evidence does not violate Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), because the evidence was not exculpatory. The judgment in this cause is due to be, and it is hereby, affirmed.

¶4AFFIRMED.

All the Judges concur.
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