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Jones v. State

Citations

  • 555 So. 2d 333
  • 1989 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 2330

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  • stating that even though the trial judge did not use any magic words, the record reflects that the defendant was, in fact, given the opportunity to make a statement
  • ' \Anything further from anybody now before I take this recess\ ' sufficient as \[t]here are no magic words that a trial judge must recite before a defendant is afforded a proper allocution\
  • \ 'Anything further from anybody now before I take this recess' \ sufficient as \[t]here are no magic words that a trial judge must recite before a defendant is afforded a proper allocution\
  • wherein the court held that the allocution requirement was satisfied where the defendant made a statement when defense counsel informed the court, pursuant to the court's question whether anyone had anything further, that the defendant wanted to say something

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Judges: Tyson

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