Dozier v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Dozier v. State, 630 So. 2d 141 (Ala. 1993)
1993 Ala. LEXIS 1172; 1993 WL 496071
Almon, Cook, Hornsby, Houston, Kennedy

Dozier v. State

Opinion of the Court

HOUSTON, Justice.

Though the state failed to exercise due diligence in securing a witness’s attendance at trial, we must agree "with the Court of Criminal Appeals that the error was “harmless beyond a reasonable doubt.” Chapman v. California, 386 U.S. 18, 24, 87 S.Ct. 824, 828, 17 L.Ed.2d 705 (1967).

WRIT DENIED.

HORNSBY, C.J., and ALMON, KENNEDY and COOK, JJ., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name
Ex parte Mary Louise DOZIER. (In re Mary Louise Dozier v. State of Alabama)
Status
Published