722 So. 2d 782 - Dyson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 9 state decisions

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1. ““This Court has carefully reviewed both the trial transcript and the clerk’s record, including the minute entries on the case action summary sheets and the jury verdict forms, and there is no indication that the jury was sworn. See Tarver v. State, 500 So.2d 1232, 1242 (Ala.Cr.App.), aff'd, 500 So.2d 1256 (Ala. 1986), cert. denied, 482 U.S. 920 , 107 S.Ct. 3197 , 96 L.Ed.2d 685 (1987) (‘[a] minute entry is deemed to be a sufficient showing that the oath was administered’); Porter v. State, 520 So.2d 235, 237 (Ala.Cr.App.1987) (‘statements in the record such as “upon their oaths” are sufficient to show that a jury was sworn’); McGruder v. State, 560 So.2d 1137, 1142 (Ala.Cr.App.1989) (‘[ajlthough the trial transcript does not indicate that the jury was sworn after the selection process, both the judgment entry and the case action summary state that the jury was “duly empaneled, sworn and charged by the Court according to law” ’). (Emphasis in original.)””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ex Parte Acoff

2. “"You do solemnly swear, or affirm, that you will well and truly try all issues joined between the defendant(s) and the State of Alabama and render a true verdict thereon according to the law and evidence, so help you God."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 935 So. 2d 421 - Ex Parte Benford

3. “issues which may be submitted to you during the present session (or week, as the case may be),”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 935 So. 2d 421 - Ex Parte Benford