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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