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EX PARTE PATE

80-32.

415 So.2d 1140 (1981)

Ex parte Freddie Lee PATE (In re: Freddie Lee Pate v. State of Alabama.)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

May 8, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Harrison and Richard D. Horne of Hess, Atchison & Horne, Mobile, for petitioner.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Joseph G. L. Marston, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

MADDOX, Justice.

We granted certiorari to review the question whether or when the defendant in a criminal case is entitled to inspection of a statement of a prosecution witness for the purpose of cross-examining or impeaching the witness.

Specifically involved are statements authenticated by rape victims.

The Court of Criminal Appeals, 415 So.2d 1131, found that "[t]hese...

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