Supreme Court of Alabama, 1975

Beecher v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided January 16, 1975 · McCall, Merrill, Coleman, Harwood, Bloodworth, Faulkner, Maddox, Jones

294 Ala. 752; 320 So. 2d 726; 1975 Ala. LEXIS 1287

Dissenting Opinion

MADDOX, Justice

(dissenting).

I would grant the writ merely to review the question concerning the comment made by the District Attorney in closing argument : “No one took the stand to deny it.” My vote to grant the writ does not necessarily mean that I think the Court of Criminal Appeals erred, however.

Opinion of the Court

McCALL, Justice;

Writ denied.

MERRILL, COLEMAN, HARWOOD, BLOODWORTH and FAULKNER, JJ., concur. *753HEFLIN, C. J., and MADDOX and JONES, JJ., dissent.

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