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Supreme Court of Alabama, 1993

Dozier v. State

Dozier v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama · Decided December 3, 1993 · Almon, Cook, Hornsby, Houston, Kennedy
630 So. 2d 141; 1993 Ala. LEXIS 1172; 1993 WL 496071 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

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.

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