845 So. 2d 849 - Brooks v. State’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
12
cited by 12 later decisions
1
cited 1 times by the Supreme Court
2
states following
December 2015
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 629 So. 2d 51 - Nichols v. State · Fowler v. State · Hines v. State · 710 So. 2d 941 - Sumlin v. State · Melton v. State
Most-quoted passages
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“Nothing in Hamlett indicates that the Alabama Supreme Court set out to overrule precedent of this Court and thereby render jury-swearing claims jurisdictional and nonwaivable. A trial court's failure to administer the oath to a jury venire, while reversible error, does not rob the trial court of its jurisdiction to render judgment and to impose sentence against a defendant. We therefore narrow our reading of Hamlett , overrule our decision in Nix , and find that a petitioner's claim that the jury venire, or the petit jury, was not properly sworn is not jurisdictional and is waivable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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