Ex parte Michael K. Tolbert. PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS (In re: Michael K. Tolbert v. Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles and Alabama Department of Corrections) (Montgomery Circuit Court: CV-23-373 Criminal Appeals: CR-2023-0781).

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• stating that, even assuming Doyle was violated, the error was harmless, noting that there was overwhelming evidence against the defendant and the trial court “gave an adequate curative instruction”
• “[T]he court’s failure to declare a mistrial constituted harmless error beyond a reasonable doubt since the evidence against [the defendant] was overwhelming.”
• appeals court applied holding of Luce retroactively for the defendant

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