EX PARTE NELSON

1901453.

595 So.2d 510 (1991)

Ex parte Joseph Langston NELSON. (Re Joseph Langston Nelson v. State).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 13, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie Beason of Fine & McDowell, Russellville, for petitioner.

James H. Evans, Atty. Gen., and Yvonne A. Henderson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


KENNEDY, Justice.

In Alabama, when a witness takes the stand and swears to tell the truth and then testifies, there is no legal presumption that he or she testifies truthfully. Such an instruction to a jury would constitute error.

The petitioner, Joseph Langston Nelson, was indicted for the offense of attempted murder. Following a jury trial, Nelson was found guilty of the lesser included offense of first degree assault, and he was ultimately sentenced to...

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