Bryant v. State
| Decision Date | 11 January 1973 |
| Citation | 272 So.2d 297,289 Ala. 740 |
| Parties | In re WAYLAND EARL BRYANT AND RONALD WILLIAMS v. STATE Ex parte Wayland Earl Bryant and Ronald Williams SC 218 |
| Court | Alabama Supreme Court |
Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals.
Ralph I. Knowles, Jr., Drake, Knowles & Still, University, for petitioners.
No brief for the State.
Petition of Wayland Earl Bryant and Ronald Williams for Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision of that Court in Bryant and Williams v. State, 49 Ala.App. 359, 272 So.2d 286.
Writ denied.
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Hill v. State
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Duncan v. State
... ... That is to say, evidence must tend to prove or disprove the issues before the jury. Slagle v. State, 39 Ala. 691, 108 So.2d 180 (1959). The determination of the relevancy or lack of relevancy of particular evidence rests largely in the sound discretion of the trial judge. Bryant v. State, 49 Ala.App. 359, 272 So.2d 286 (1972), cert. denied, 289 Ala. 740, 272 So.2d 297 (1973), ... Page 902 ... cert. denied, 412 U.S. 922, 93 S.Ct. 2744, 37 L.Ed.2d 149 (1974). It is, therefore, the duty of the trial judge to limit evidence to the points in issue so that the attention of ... ...
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Hopkins v. State, 1 Div. 389
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Beecher v. State
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