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

Smith v. State

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588 So. 2d 561
1991 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 1383
1991 WL 200721

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finding no error in use of terms “actual and substantial doubt” and “moral certainty”
finding no error in use of terms “actual and substantial doubt” and “moral certainty”
finding no error in use of terms “actual and substantial doubt” and “moral certainty”
finding permissible use of terms \actual and substantial doubt\ and \moral certainty\
photographs from the autopsy were relevant toward the question of whether different knives were used to rebut the defendant's suggestion that he had left the victim alive and that someone else had killed her with another knife
the court approved the prosecutor's guilt-phase closing remarks that the testimony of a defense witness was \astonishing\ and that the witness was \trying to mislead\ the jury; the court found them to be proper inferences from the evidence

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Judges: McMillan

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