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Ex Parte Clarence Simmons

Supreme Court of Alabama
May 4, 2001
797 So. 2d 1186 (Ala. 2001)

Summary

holding evidence consisting of expert testimony admissible where evidence was merely cumulative of other evidence presented at trial

Summary of this case from Jones v. State

Opinion

No. 1992270.

Decided May 4, 2001.

Appeal from Jefferson Circuit Court, CC-96-3812; Court of Criminal Appeals, CR-97-0768.

J.T. Simonetti, Jr., Birmingham, for petitioner.

Bill Pryor, atty. gen., and A. Vernon Barnett IV, asst. atty. gen., for respondent.


The petition for the writ of certiorari is denied.

In denying the petition for the writ of certiorari, this Court does not wish to be understood as approving all the language, reasons, or statements of law in the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion. Horsley v. Horsley, 291 Ala. 782, 280 So.2d 155 (1973).

WRIT DENIED.

Moore, C.J., and Houston, See, Lyons, Brown, Johnstone, Harwood, and Stuart, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Clarence Simmons

Supreme Court of Alabama
May 4, 2001
797 So. 2d 1186 (Ala. 2001)

holding evidence consisting of expert testimony admissible where evidence was merely cumulative of other evidence presented at trial

Summary of this case from Jones v. State
Case details for

Ex Parte Clarence Simmons

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte Clarence Simmons. (In re: Clarence Leland Simmons v. State)

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: May 4, 2001

Citations

797 So. 2d 1186 (Ala. 2001)

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