5 Alabama opinions name it 2 courts 1975–1990 0 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 |
|---|---|---|
Gipson v. Stategreen2 sentences1986See Gipson v. State, 375 So.2d 514 (Ala.1979). 1986See Gipson v. State , 375 So.2d 514 (Ala. 1979). | 2 | 2 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Alabama. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
Griffin v. California
green
2 sentences1990The defendant contends that under Griffin v. California , 380 U.S. 609 , 85 S.Ct. 1229 , 14 L.Ed.2d 106 (1965), any comment by a prosecutor on a defendant's failure to testify is reversible error. 1990The defendant contends that under Griffin v. California , 380 U.S. 609 , 85 S.Ct. 1229 , 14 L.Ed.2d 106 (1965), any comment by a prosecutor on a defendant's failure to testify is reversible error. | 1 | 1990–1990 |
Ex Parte Gilchrist
green
1 sentence1986The Alabama Supreme Court in Ex parte Gilchrist concluded that the "failure to object waived the prosecutorial error." Id. | 1 | 1986–1986 |
Roth v. United States
green
2 sentences1975While Miller v. California, supr.a, substituted a less stringent prosecutorial requirement than the one developed from Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 , 77 S.Ct. 1304 , 1 L.Ed.2d 1498 (1957) and Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U.S. 413 , 86 S.Ct. 974 , 16 L.Ed.2d 1 (1966), in regard to literary, artistic, political or scientific values, it also addressed the issue of limiting specificity necessary for criminal obscenity statutes to withstand constitutional attacks on vagueness and overbreadth grounds. 1975While Miller v. California, supr.a, substituted a less stringent prosecutorial requirement than the one developed from Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 , 77 S.Ct. 1304 , 1 L.Ed.2d 1498 (1957) and Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U.S. 413 , 86 S.Ct. 974 , 16 L.Ed.2d 1 (1966), in regard to literary, artistic, political or scientific values, it also addressed the issue of limiting specificity necessary for criminal obscenity statutes to withstand constitutional attacks on vagueness and overbreadth grounds. | 1 | 1975–1975 |
A Book Named \John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\" v. Attorney General of Massachusetts"
green
2 sentences1975While Miller v. California, supr.a, substituted a less stringent prosecutorial requirement than the one developed from Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 , 77 S.Ct. 1304 , 1 L.Ed.2d 1498 (1957) and Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U.S. 413 , 86 S.Ct. 974 , 16 L.Ed.2d 1 (1966), in regard to literary, artistic, political or scientific values, it also addressed the issue of limiting specificity necessary for criminal obscenity statutes to withstand constitutional attacks on vagueness and overbreadth grounds. 1975While Miller v. California, supr.a, substituted a less stringent prosecutorial requirement than the one developed from Roth v. United States, 354 U.S. 476 , 77 S.Ct. 1304 , 1 L.Ed.2d 1498 (1957) and Memoirs v. Massachusetts, 383 U.S. 413 , 86 S.Ct. 974 , 16 L.Ed.2d 1 (1966), in regard to literary, artistic, political or scientific values, it also addressed the issue of limiting specificity necessary for criminal obscenity statutes to withstand constitutional attacks on vagueness and overbreadth grounds. | 1 | 1975–1975 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.