Gillogly v. State
Decision Date | 18 March 1975 |
Docket Number | 1 Div. 480 |
Citation | 55 Ala.App. 230,314 So.2d 304 |
Parties | Kenneth Charles GILLOGLY v. STATE. |
Court | Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals |
M. A. Marsal and B. Nicholas Kearney, Mobile, for appellant.
William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and David W. Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.
Murder in the first degree: sentence, life imprisonment.
The prosecution's main witness was an accomplice, Melvin Summerlin. During his cross-examination counsel for the defendant asked of Summerlin, as follows:
'A Yes, sir.
'Q You have?
'A Yes.
'Q And who was the Officer that copied it down?
'A This was awhile back.
'A I don't remember the date.
'A It was in January.
'A Yes, sir.
'A Ralph Jordan.
'Q Uh huh.
'A Obie Singletary; one of the Florida men.
'Q One of the Florida men?
'A The D.A., Mr. Graddick.
'A And Captain Kater Williams.
'Q And do you have a copy of that statement?
'A Do I have a copy of it?
'Q Yes, sir.
'A No, sir.
After extended argument the trial court, at R. 330, denied defense motion. In Husch v. State, 211 Ala. 274, 100 So. 321, the court observed:
'* * *, if the solicitor had had such a statement in his possession, defendant could have required its production by a rule of the court if he thought it was favorable to him.'
In Strange v. State, 43 Ala.App. 599, 197 So.2d 437, we approved the lower court's ordering the prosecution to furnish a statement made by an accomplice to a state agent, one Sims. We there cited, with approval, Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215.
On authority of Brady, supra, it is necessary for us to reverse the trial court below for the refusal of the statement which was obviously given to the state agents in this case.
In view of the need for a new trial we consider that with respect to the defendant's own inculpatory statement, which was admitted into evidence through the testimony of state witness, Riddle, there should be a closer scrutiny as to whether the Miranda warnings given by other police officers were of recent enough origin to have a continuing effect upon the defendant at the time he made the inculpatory statement to...
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