Hill v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama December 16, 1988

Hill v. State, 538 So. 2d 439 (Ala. 1988)

1988 Ala. LEXIS 691; 1988 WL 147641

Shores, Torbert, Jones, Almon, Beatty, Adams, Houston, Maddox, Steagall

Opinion of the Court

SHORES, Justice.

WRIT DENIED.

TORBERT, C.J., and JONES, ALMON, BEATTY, ADAMS and HOUSTON, JJ., concur. MADDOX and STEAGALL, JJ., dissent, with opinion by STEAGALL, J.

Dissenting Opinion

STEAGALL, Justice

(dissenting).

As Justice Maddox stated in his dissent in Bowden v. State, 538 So.2d 1226 (Ala. 1988), cases involving sex crimes should be treated differently from other cases; such crimes are not on the same level as other crimes, and the general exceptions to the exclusionary rule should not be as narrowly limited as they are in Bowden. Because I believe the evidence of collateral acts in this case goes toward proving intent, which is in issue, and was properly admitted by the trial court, I respectively dissent.

MADDOX, J., concurs.

Reference

Full Case Name: Ex Parte State of Alabama. (Re Levi Hill, Alias v. State).
Cited By: 2 cases
Status: Published