71 So. 3d 678 - McMichael v. McMichael’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““ ‘An appellate court is confined in its review to the appellate record, that record cannot be “changed, altered, or varied on appeal by statements in briefs of counsel,” and the court may not “assume error or presume the existence of facts as to which the record is silent.” Quick v. Burton, 960 So.2d 678, 680-81 (Ala.Civ.App.2006). Accordingly, when, as in this case, “oral testimony is considered by the trial court in reaching its judgment and that testimony is not present in the record as either a transcript or Rule 10(d), A[la]. R. A[pp]. P., statement, it must be conclusively presumed that the testimony [was] sufficient to support the judgment.” Rudolph v. Rudolph, 586 So.2d 929, 980 (Ala.Civ.App.1991).’ “Beverly v. Beverly, 28 So.3d 1, 4 (Ala.Civ.App.2009).””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. White v. White

2. ““disorderly or insolent behavior or other misconduct committed in open court, in the presence of the judge, that disturbs the court’s business, where all of the essential elements of the misconduct occur in the presence of the court and are actually observed by the court, and where immediate action is essential to prevent diminution of the court’s dignity and authority before the public.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. White v. White