DICKERSON v. STATE

77-384.

360 So.2d 1053 (1978)

In re Kenneth Wesley DICKERSON v. STATE of Alabama. Ex parte State of Alabama ex rel. Attorney General.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., Montgomery, and James L. O'Kelley, Asst. Atty. Gen., Birmingham, for the State, petitioner.

William H. Mills, of Rogers, Howard, Redden & Mills, Birmingham, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

In denying the State's petition for writ of certiorari, we deem it appropriate to address two points: (1) Whether the specific question propounded by Defendant, and found objectionable by the trial Court, sought information relating to the details of prior controversy between the Defendant and the deceased; and (2) Whether the scope of the evidence solicited relative to such prior controversy was relevant to any defense raised at trial.

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