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Perkins v. State

Citations

  • 144 So. 3d 457
  • 2012 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 98
  • 2012 WL 5381345

How courts have described this case

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

  • “‘[T]he situation where a juror quotes the Bible from memory . . . assuredly would not be considered an improper influence.’ ”
  • \'[T]he situation where a juror quotes the Bible from memory . . . assuredly would not be considered an improper influence.'\
  • \It appears that counsel made a strategic decision not to request a limiting instruction on the use of the collateral-act evidence-an instruction that would have emphasized that Perkins's collateral bad acts were admissible to prove his intent.\
  • \It appears that counsel made a strategic decision not to request a limiting instruction on the use of the collateral-act evidence-an instruction that would have emphasized that Perkins's collateral bad acts were admissible to prove his intent.\

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Judges: Burke, Joiner, Kellum, Welch, Windom

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