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Ex Parte Veasey

Supreme Court of Alabama
Aug 26, 1988
531 So. 2d 323 (Ala. 1988)

Opinion

87-1213.

August 26, 1988.

Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals (1 Div. 626).

Neil L. Hanley and John Bertolotti, Jr., Mobile, for petitioner.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., for respondent.


Prior report: Ala.Cr.App., 531 So.2d 320.


In denying the writ of certiorari, this Court does not wish to be understood as agreeing with that portion of the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals stating that a "court takes judicial notice of simple mathematical calculations." The issue here is not what the court takes judicial notice of, but whether the jury was left in a state of confusion by the witness's failure to specifically translate the deciliter calculation into a centimeter calculation. We concur in the result that the evidence was sufficiently clear not to confuse the jury.

WRIT DENIED.

TORBERT, C.J., and JONES, SHORES, ADAMS and STEAGALL, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Ex Parte Veasey

Supreme Court of Alabama
Aug 26, 1988
531 So. 2d 323 (Ala. 1988)
Case details for

Ex Parte Veasey

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte Joseph VEASEY. (In re Joseph Veasey v. State of Alabama)

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Aug 26, 1988

Citations

531 So. 2d 323 (Ala. 1988)

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