Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 9/20/1991

Parker v. State

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587 So. 2d 1072
1991 WL 200718

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rejecting the mitigating circumstance of no prior criminal activity on the ground that the defendant had used illegal drugs was improper
photograph depicting frontal view of appellant standing in front of a height chart was admissible
“[T]he trial court prevented the appellant’s attorney from actually confronting the witness with her prior inconsistent statement. Thus, any failure of the appellant’s attorney to lay the proper predicate was caused by the trial court’s refusal to permit it.”
\[t]he Miranda warnings are not required before the taking of a hair sample from a person in lawful custody because the sample is not 'testimonial' or 'communicative' evidence as required by the Supreme Court in order for the Fifth Amendment privilege to apply\

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