BROWN v. STATE

89-1421.

571 So.2d 353 (1990)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (Re Raymond Eugene BROWN, alias v. STATE).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

November 16, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

William R. Blanchard of Blanchard, Calloway & Campbell and Charles Hollifield of Hollifield & Hollifield, Montgomery, for respondent.

Bryan A. Stevenson, Montgomery, for amicus curiae Alabama Capital Representation Resource Center, in support of respondent.


Prior report: Ala.Cr.App., 571 So.2d 345.

PER CURIAM.

WRIT QUASHED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

HORNSBY, C.J., and MADDOX, JONES, ALMON, SHORES and ADAMS, JJ., concur.

HOUSTON and STEAGALL, JJ., dissent.

STEAGALL, Justice (dissenting).

Alabama courts have long held that individual voir dire examination of prospective jurors is not mandatory, even in a capital case, but, rather, that the decision...

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