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TAYLOR v. STATE

SC 430.

287 So.2d 901 (1973)

In re Archie TAYLOR v. STATE of Alabama. Ex parte STATE of Alabama ex rel. Attorney General.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 27, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Joseph G. L. Marston, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, petitioner.

No brief for respondent.

MADDOX, Justice.

The central issue presented is the role of defense counsel in a criminal prosecution. Archie Taylor was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Except for Taylor's alibi testimony, there was no substantial conflict in the evidence presented at the trial.

Four eye-witnesses, who knew both defendant and deceased, testified that Taylor accosted the deceased, Jimmie Lee Mason...

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