HOUSTON, Justice.
Junior Mack Kirby petitioned for post-conviction relief under Rule 32, A.R.Crim.P., arguing that he had been denied the right to effective assistance of counsel because at his trial his attorney had failed to object to the definition of "reasonable doubt" given by the judge to the jury. Rule 32.7(d) Ala. R.Crim.P. In light of the recent United States Supreme Court decision in Victor v. Nebraska,___U.S.___, 114 S.Ct. 1239, 127 L.Ed.2d 583 ...
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