LAWRENCE v. STATE

4 Div. 939.

409 So.2d 987 (1982)

James Lee LAWRENCE, Sr. v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

January 26, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Kerry Curtis of Curtis & Curtis, Phenix City, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Rivard Melson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOWEN, Judge.

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the first degree assault of his eight year old son. Section 13A-6-20, Alabama Code 1975 (Amended 1977). He was sentenced to twenty-five years' imprisonment as an habitual felony offender.

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The defendant contends that the trial court erred in allowing the State to present evidence of his bad character in its case in chief violating the rule that the prosecution may not take the initiative...

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