Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 6/20/1997

Price v. State

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725 So. 2d 1003
1997 WL 337140

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recognizing that counsel for both the State and the defendant are allowed wide latitude in drawing reasonable inferences from the evidence in their closing arguments
\There is no impropriety in a prosecutor's appeal to the jury for justice and to properly perform its duty\
in finding the evidence sufficient, the court noted that \[the robbery-murder victim] also apparently witnessed the attack on [his wife] or the results of that attack\
where evidence indicated that the victim was repeatedly stabbed with a knife, and witnessed an attack on his spouse, the offense was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel
“A trial court’s following of an accepted pattern jury instruction weighs heavily against any finding of plain error.”
where evidence indicated that the victim was repeatedly stabbed and that he witnessed an attack on his spouse, the trial court did not err in determining that the offense was especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel

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Judges: McMillan

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