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9 Alabama opinions name it 2 courts 1988–2024 1 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by Alabama courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Roan v. Stategreen2 sentences2024The standard for determining whether juror misconduct requires a new trial is set forth in Roan v. State, 225 Ala. 428, 435 , 143 So. 454, 460 (1932). " 'The test of vitiating influence is not that it did influence a member of the jury to act without the evidence, but that it might have unlawfully influenced that juror and others with whom he deliberated, and might have unlawfully influenced its verdict rendered.” (Emphasis added.) "The Roan test mandates reversal when juror misconduct might have influenced the verdict. 2024The standard for determining whether juror misconduct requires a new trial is set forth in Roan v. State, 225 Ala. 428, 435 , 143 So. 454, 460 (1932). " 'The test of vitiating influence is not that it did influence a member of the jury to act without the evidence, but that it might have unlawfully influenced that juror and others with whom he deliberated, and might have unlawfully influenced its verdict rendered.” (Emphasis added.) "The Roan test mandates reversal when juror misconduct might have influenced the verdict. | 2 | 6 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Alabama. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
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Allred v. State
neutral
2 sentences2012Nichols v. Seaboard Coastline Ry., 341 So.2d 671 (Ala. 1976); Allred v. State, 55 Ala.App. 74 , 313 So.2d 195 , cert, denied, 294 Ala. 751 , 313 So.2d 203 , cert, denied, 423 U.S. 859 , 96 S.Ct. 113 , 46 L.Ed.2d 86 (1975). “ ‘ “Weighing heavily against the absolutism of a rule impeaching all extraneous matter verdicts is the well established rule that jury verdicts are presumed to be correct, and that this presumption is strengthened when the trial court, as here, refused to grant a new trial. 2012Nichols v. Seaboard Coastline Ry., 341 So.2d 671 (Ala. 1976); Allred v. State, 55 Ala.App. 74 , 313 So.2d 195 , cert, denied, 294 Ala. 751 , 313 So.2d 203 , cert, denied, 423 U.S. 859 , 96 S.Ct. 113 , 46 L.Ed.2d 86 (1975). “ ‘ “Weighing heavily against the absolutism of a rule impeaching all extraneous matter verdicts is the well established rule that jury verdicts are presumed to be correct, and that this presumption is strengthened when the trial court, as here, refused to grant a new trial. | 1 | 2012–2012 |
Allred v. State
neutral
2 sentences2012Nichols v. Seaboard Coastline Ry., 341 So.2d 671 (Ala. 1976); Allred v. State, 55 Ala.App. 74 , 313 So.2d 195 , cert, denied, 294 Ala. 751 , 313 So.2d 203 , cert, denied, 423 U.S. 859 , 96 S.Ct. 113 , 46 L.Ed.2d 86 (1975). “ ‘ “Weighing heavily against the absolutism of a rule impeaching all extraneous matter verdicts is the well established rule that jury verdicts are presumed to be correct, and that this presumption is strengthened when the trial court, as here, refused to grant a new trial. 2012Nichols v. Seaboard Coastline Ry., 341 So.2d 671 (Ala. 1976); Allred v. State, 55 Ala.App. 74 , 313 So.2d 195 , cert, denied, 294 Ala. 751 , 313 So.2d 203 , cert, denied, 423 U.S. 859 , 96 S.Ct. 113 , 46 L.Ed.2d 86 (1975). “ ‘ “Weighing heavily against the absolutism of a rule impeaching all extraneous matter verdicts is the well established rule that jury verdicts are presumed to be correct, and that this presumption is strengthened when the trial court, as here, refused to grant a new trial. | 1 | 2012–2012 |
Nichols v. Seaboard Coastline Ry. Co.
green
2 sentences2012Nichols v. Seaboard Coastline Ry., 341 So.2d 671 (Ala. 1976); Allred v. State, 55 Ala.App. 74 , 313 So.2d 195 , cert, denied, 294 Ala. 751 , 313 So.2d 203 , cert, denied, 423 U.S. 859 , 96 S.Ct. 113 , 46 L.Ed.2d 86 (1975). “ ‘ “Weighing heavily against the absolutism of a rule impeaching all extraneous matter verdicts is the well established rule that jury verdicts are presumed to be correct, and that this presumption is strengthened when the trial court, as here, refused to grant a new trial. 2012Nichols v. Seaboard Coastline Ry., 341 So.2d 671 (Ala. 1976); Allred v. State, 55 Ala.App. 74 , 313 So.2d 195 , cert, denied, 294 Ala. 751 , 313 So.2d 203 , cert, denied, 423 U.S. 859 , 96 S.Ct. 113 , 46 L.Ed.2d 86 (1975). “ ‘ “Weighing heavily against the absolutism of a rule impeaching all extraneous matter verdicts is the well established rule that jury verdicts are presumed to be correct, and that this presumption is strengthened when the trial court, as here, refused to grant a new trial. | 1 | 2012–2012 |
Allred v. Alabama
neutral
2 sentences2012Nichols v. Seaboard Coastline Ry., 341 So.2d 671 (Ala. 1976); Allred v. State, 55 Ala.App. 74 , 313 So.2d 195 , cert, denied, 294 Ala. 751 , 313 So.2d 203 , cert, denied, 423 U.S. 859 , 96 S.Ct. 113 , 46 L.Ed.2d 86 (1975). “ ‘ “Weighing heavily against the absolutism of a rule impeaching all extraneous matter verdicts is the well established rule that jury verdicts are presumed to be correct, and that this presumption is strengthened when the trial court, as here, refused to grant a new trial. 2012Nichols v. Seaboard Coastline Ry., 341 So.2d 671 (Ala. 1976); Allred v. State, 55 Ala.App. 74 , 313 So.2d 195 , cert, denied, 294 Ala. 751 , 313 So.2d 203 , cert, denied, 423 U.S. 859 , 96 S.Ct. 113 , 46 L.Ed.2d 86 (1975). “ ‘ “Weighing heavily against the absolutism of a rule impeaching all extraneous matter verdicts is the well established rule that jury verdicts are presumed to be correct, and that this presumption is strengthened when the trial court, as here, refused to grant a new trial. | 1 | 2012–2012 |
Burroughs Corp. v. Hall Affiliates, Inc.
green
2 sentences2001In Ex parte O'Leary , 438 So.2d 1372 (Ala. 1983), a criminal case involving a possession-of-marijuana charge, this Court relied upon the discussion in Burroughs Corp. v. Hall Affiliates, Inc ., 423 So.2d 1348 (Ala. 1982), a civil case, discussing the "might-have-been-prejudiced" standard as employed in Ex parte Ledbetter , 404 So.2d 731 (Ala. 1981), and the "probable-prejudice" standard advanced by Freeman . 2001In Ex parte O'Leary , 438 So.2d 1372 (Ala. 1983), a criminal case involving a possession-of-marijuana charge, this Court relied upon the discussion in Burroughs Corp. v. Hall Affiliates, Inc ., 423 So.2d 1348 (Ala. 1982), a civil case, discussing the "might-have-been-prejudiced" standard as employed in Ex parte Ledbetter , 404 So.2d 731 (Ala. 1981), and the "probable-prejudice" standard advanced by Freeman . | 1 | 2001–2001 |
Ex Parte Ledbetter
green
2 sentences2001In Ex parte O'Leary , 438 So.2d 1372 (Ala. 1983), a criminal case involving a possession-of-marijuana charge, this Court relied upon the discussion in Burroughs Corp. v. Hall Affiliates, Inc ., 423 So.2d 1348 (Ala. 1982), a civil case, discussing the "might-have-been-prejudiced" standard as employed in Ex parte Ledbetter , 404 So.2d 731 (Ala. 1981), and the "probable-prejudice" standard advanced by Freeman . 2001In Ex parte O'Leary , 438 So.2d 1372 (Ala. 1983), a criminal case involving a possession-of-marijuana charge, this Court relied upon the discussion in Burroughs Corp. v. Hall Affiliates, Inc ., 423 So.2d 1348 (Ala. 1982), a civil case, discussing the "might-have-been-prejudiced" standard as employed in Ex parte Ledbetter , 404 So.2d 731 (Ala. 1981), and the "probable-prejudice" standard advanced by Freeman . | 1 | 2001–2001 |
Ex Parte O'Leary
green
2 sentences2001In Ex parte O'Leary , 438 So.2d 1372 (Ala. 1983), a criminal case involving a possession-of-marijuana charge, this Court relied upon the discussion in Burroughs Corp. v. Hall Affiliates, Inc ., 423 So.2d 1348 (Ala. 1982), a civil case, discussing the "might-have-been-prejudiced" standard as employed in Ex parte Ledbetter , 404 So.2d 731 (Ala. 1981), and the "probable-prejudice" standard advanced by Freeman . 2001In Ex parte O'Leary , 438 So.2d 1372 (Ala. 1983), a criminal case involving a possession-of-marijuana charge, this Court relied upon the discussion in Burroughs Corp. v. Hall Affiliates, Inc ., 423 So.2d 1348 (Ala. 1982), a civil case, discussing the "might-have-been-prejudiced" standard as employed in Ex parte Ledbetter , 404 So.2d 731 (Ala. 1981), and the "probable-prejudice" standard advanced by Freeman . | 1 | 2001–2001 |
Ex Parte Lasley
green
2 sentences1994"The Roan test mandates reversal when juror misconduct might have influenced the verdict." Lasley , 505 So.2d at 1264 . 1994"The Roan test mandates reversal when juror misconduct might have influenced the verdict." Lasley , 505 So.2d at 1264 . | 1 | 1994–1994 |