655 So. 2d 1074 - Smiley v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 2001
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
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“"`[A] criminal defendant has the right to a thorough and sifting cross-examination, but that right is not absolute. The latitude and extent of cross-examination are matters within the sound discretion of the trial court, and in the absence of abuse, that discretion is not reversible on appeal. '" " Ex parte Pope, 562 So.2d 131, 134 (Ala. 1989), cert. denied, 498 U.S. 841 , 111 S.Ct. 118 , 112 L.Ed.2d 87 (1990). `The trial court has the discretion reasonably to limit the range of cross-examination in respect to collateral and irrelevant matters or with respect to matters that unnecessarily consume time in the trial of the case.' C. Gamble, McElroy's Alabama Evidence § 136.01 (4th ed. 1991). Furthermore, `[o]n appeal, the party claiming that a trial judge has abused his discretion in such aspect bears the burden of persuasion.' Connell v. State, 294 Ala. 477, 481 , 318 So.2d 710, 714 (1974)."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. MT v. State · Adams v. State“in Birmingham, Alabama. On July 20, 1991, the brother telephoned Smiley at his house and asked him to come and visit with him and the victim. Smiley arrived at his brother's house sometime that afternoon. Smiley, his brother, and the victim sat on the front porch, talking and drinking beer and whiskey. Between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m., Smiley, his brother, and the victim left the brother's house in Smiley's automobile. The three went to a”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the State's evidence against the appellant was entirely circumstantial and very weak,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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