Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 9/26/2003

Gavin v. State

Citations

891 So. 2d 907
2003 WL 22220950

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

holding that it was not error to allow lay testimony that “the blood flow coming from the body ran away from the area of the seat that [defendant] would have been seated in”
stating that corroborating evidence by itself need not be sufficient to sustain a conviction
rejecting the argument that the State must establish the reliability rate or track record of the dogs as a foundational requirement to the admission of dog-tracking evidence
\There is not a simplistic rule that a co-defendant may not be sentenced to death when another co-defendant receives a lesser sentence.\
“There is not a simplistic rule that a co-defendant may not be sentenced to death when another co-defendant receives a lesser sentence.”
both cases holding that a defendant cannot challenge the constitutionality of a statute when he cannot show that the statute's alleged unconstitutional feature adversely affected him

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Shaw

Read full opinion on CourtListener

Cited by

114 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Cites

404 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

Other cases with this name

Sourced from CourtListener / Free Law Project (CC0).

This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.