GILCHRIST v. STATE

1 Div. 586.

534 So.2d 1120 (1988)

Robert GILCHRIST v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied July 19, 1988.

Certiorari Denied December 2, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara A. Brown, Mobile, for appellant.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and William D. Little, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


Alabama Supreme Court 87-1298.

TAYLOR, Judge.

Robert Gilchrist was convicted of the murder of a young woman. His case was appealed and the Alabama Supreme Court considered the issue of whether the case should be reversed because the district attorney testified as a witness. The district attorney for the 13th Judicial Circuit, Honorable Chris Galanos, performed all the functions of trial counsel, then testified as a witness, then resumed his role as counsel...

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