Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 11/17/1989
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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Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Phillips v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-10-09· cited 38×
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1981-04-21· cited 33×
- Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama· 1966-09-22· cited 31×
- Jones v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-02-12· cited 28×
- Ebens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1988-01-08· cited 24×
- McBride v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1985-10-08· cited 22×
- Thatch v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1983-03-01· cited 22×
- Ex Parte SmithSupreme Court of Alabama· 1981-07-24· cited 21×
- Hamilton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama· 1969-02-13· cited 20×
- McCray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1971-03-23· cited 13×
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1981-10-27· cited 12×
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1972-08-15· cited 10×
- Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1981-11-24· cited 9×
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-02-25· cited 8×
- Peoples v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1984-10-09· cited 5×
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