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EX PARTE BROOKS

79-338.

393 So.2d 486 (1980)

Ex parte Harrell BROOKS. (In re Harrell Brooks v. State of Alabama).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Partin of Stone, Partin & Granade, Bay Minette, for petitioner.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen. and J. Thomas Leverette, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

This Court granted certiorari to review a single evidentiary issue: Whether the Court of Criminal Appeals, 393 So.2d 484, erred in affirming the trial court's ruling which prevented the defendant from cross-examining the victim concerning a civil action brought by the victim against defendant which arose out of the same facts as the criminal prosecution. We hold it was error to disallow such cross-examination; thus,...

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