Ellis v. State

2 Citing cases

  1. Bass v. State

    719 So. 2d 281 (Ala. Crim. App. 1998)   Cited 1 times

    Cf. Spurlin v. State, 539 So.2d 403, 405 (Ala.Cr.App.l988) (claim that trial court gave improper jury charge that evidence created an irrebuttable presumption of guilt must be preserved). In Ellis v. State, 591 So.2d 574 (Ala.Cr.App. 1991), the appellant claimed that the trial court's jury charge allowed a finding of guilt based on an improper and lower standard of proof but he had failed to object to this matter at trial. This Court held:

  2. Brown v. State

    705 So. 2d 871 (Ala. Crim. App. 1997)   Cited 48 times   1 Legal Analyses

    However, Brown never objected to the court's premature action nor did he otherwise inform the court that the state had not yet given its reasons for striking the veniremembers in question so as to allow the trial court to correct its error. See Ellis v.State, 591 So.2d 574, 575 (Ala.Cr.App. 1991). See also Jackson v. State, 534 So.2d 689, 691 (Ala.Cr.App. 1988) (the statement of specific grounds of objection waives all grounds not specified; the trial court will not be put in error on grounds not specified at trial).