RECK v. STATE

1100640.

84 So.3d 155 (2011)

Ex parte State of Alabama. (In re Timothy T. RECK v. STATE of Alabama).

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luther Strange , atty. gen., and Prim F. Escalona , deputy atty. gen., and Jean A. Therkelsen , asst. atty. gen., for petitioner.

Leonard F. Mikul , Bay Minette, for respondent.


STUART, Justice.

This Court granted the State's petition for a writ of certiorari to determine whether sufficient evidence of the element of "serious bodily injury" as defined as "serious and protracted disfigurement" for purposes of a first-degree-assault offense can be established by the testimony of a lay witness or as a matter of law can be presented only through medical testimony or the victim's testimony. Specifically, with regard to this case, the issue is...

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