Henry v. State Court Opinion
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318 Ala. of violence which occurred prior to the issuance of the injunction alone is not sufficient to support a claim of fear of vio- lence as the basis for not crossing a picket line after the issuance of the injunction. t6] In the absence of proof to the con- trary, we must indulge in the presumption that a picket line is maintained and con- ducted in an orderly manner and with no intention to violate the law. Meyer v. In- dustrial Commission of Missouri, 240 Mo. App. 1022,223 S.W.2d 835, and cases there cited. In the instant case, both claimants did not cross the picket line, except to vote, when it was admittedly peaceful and their jobs were open to them. They had made their decision prior to the outbreak of vio- lence. They did not return after the vio- lence had subsided and a majority of their own union members had returned to work. They did not meet their burden of proof to bring themselves within the "violence ex- ception." The trial court should have affirmed the decision of the Board of Appeals of the Department of Industrial Relations. The Court of Appeals is no longer in existence, and the personnel of that court now constitutes,the Court of Criminal Ap peals. The Court of Civil Appeals is now the proper court to handle cases of this na- ture. But the members of that court did not participate in this case as it came trp the appellate ladder. Without establishing a precedent for or- dinary cases, we are reversing the judg- ment of the Court of Appeats and are re- manding this cause to the Court of Civil Appeals, with directions to that court to direct the trial court to set aside its judg- ments and to affirm the decisions of the Board of Appeals of the Department of In- ---*dus-tflal Relations denying the claims of each of the claimants. 239 SOUTEERN BEPORTEB, 2d SERIES This case was originally assigned to 1. other member of the court and was reccrt- ly reassigned to the author of this opinion Reversed and remanded with directionr. the Justices concur. Wllllc Jemcr HENRY Y. STATE. I Dlv. 16. Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabsma. Sept. 15, 1070. Defendant was convicted in the Cirorit Court, Mobile County, William D. Bolliry, J., of robbery, and he appealed. The Court of Criminal Appeals, Almon, J., held tht denial of continuance requested becaur of absence of alibi witness woutd not bc disturbed on appeal where motion did nof disclose whether witness was availablc or within jurisdiction and where witness'tcsti- mony would have been cumulative, and thrt lineup in which five participants were ol same race and sex and were of approri' mately same age, weight and height wu not so suggestive in nature as to mah resulting identification virtually inevitablc "- and thus violative of due process. Af firmed. l. Grlmlna! Lew 6535, 1151 The matter of continuance in a criE' inal case is addressed to sound discretion ol trial jrrclge and exercise of that discretion will not be.disturbed on appeal unless clearl,r abtr sed. l' Grlmlnlt Lrs G t)cnial of c( ro! lrrv trial bece rrtn(1s rtotlld not * hrrc ntotion di r ttt:ers was al'aila rn'l rthere s'itnes :(art cttnlulative' t. Crlmlnrl LrY C \\'hcrc onlY it rrrel uhich came Prcttlal motion t( ---- - - -_' to-prducc-lfsmf- I ' xriver of right t lrnrttJr stgrlcd b1' ,lc(rrt,l;tttl tcsti{ie !llr \r.llvcr ;rtttl rr' hr,l arrtJ,lc oPPort l4 f iltc tt was intl ..',rtrt'\ rlcrrial of t:.rl aff()tlCOtlS. ,\ a Crlmlnrl LeY C lj::rrlrttg that s,rrIilrN\ tlf fig :.;lrl trr C()ttt)SCl p .,{ t,,rttrs.'l :rt llt "itcllrgt.rttly s'aiv ! r:e rrgr rvas ttot ct 3. Conrlltutlonel I I.rnctrp in ll'l .,f sanrt' race and rrrat.lt' same agc rr()t s() srtggcstive rultrrrg rtlcntific; rrrrl lhtrs !iolativt ('()nst. r\mend. l: a. Crlmlnrl Law ( Wllnorrcr €2j (lourt's refur rcl to examine a ,n lhe stand to t lutcr rcversihle e l. tflt633s6s 5l '-'-.-\\Jrr;rt st:rt, u. tlr ! .:, r:. {. , an- ent- ion. ons. 2. Crlmlnal Law 6>1 151 Denial of continuance requested in robbery trial because of absence of alibi s'itness would not be disturbed on appeal rvhere motion did not disclose whether witness was available or within jurisdiction and where witness' testimony would have bcen cumulative. 3. Crlmlnal Law @627.6(l) W}ere only item introduced at robbery trial which came within scope of defense pretrial motion to require the prosecution to produce items for inspection ivas written u'aiver of right to presence of counsel at lineup signed by defendant, and rvhere rlefendant testified at trial that he signed thc s'aiver and where defendant's att()rney lr:rrl anrple opportunity to examine uaiver l,t.forc it was introduced in evidence, trial t'orrrt's denial of motion to produce was n()t CrrOneOUS. 4. Crlmlnal Law @541.414, Iiinding that defendant who was given rr;rrrrings of right to remain silent and rrglrt to counsel prior to his signing waiver ,,f counscl at lineup had knowingly and rrrtclligently waived his right to counsel at lrrrerrJr was not erroneous. 5. Constltutlonal Law @266 l-ineup in which five participants were ,,f sanre race and sex and were of approxi- ntately same age, weight and height was lrot so suggestive in nature as to make re_ sulting identification virtually inevitable art<l thus violative of due process. U.S.C.A. ('orrst. Amend. 14. 6. Crlmlnat Lrw €-l tTot/z() made soon after robbery and which he had reviewed prior to triat, and where witness testified that he could remember the facts independent of the report, court's refusal to permit defense counsel to examine the report was not error. Oliver J. Latour, Jr., Mobile, for appel_ tant. MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Herbert H. Henry, Asst. Attl€err,-ffire State. ALMON, Judge. Willie James Henry appeals from a judg- ment of conviction of robbery. His sen- tence was fixed at ten years in the peniten- tiary. On December 27,1967, between 6:00 and 7:00 o'clock P.M., two men wearing stock- ing masks entered Bailey's Superette No. 2 in Toulminville. Major Bailey, the owner of Bailey's Superette, heard someone scream, Iooked up, and saw a man with a stocking over his face pointing a pistol at him. Although the gunman said nothing, Bailey assumed that he was going to shoot, so he did not look at the gunman and could not later identify him. Bailey turned his head, threw his hands up and fell to the floor. The gunman then pointed at some object in Bailey's pocket. Bailey then put what money he had on the floor. The men took the money, approximately $135.00, and left. Others were present during the rob- bery, including Oara Miller who worked for Bailey. At the beginning of the triat, appellant's counsel moved for a continuance hcause a defense alibi witness, Jennie Henry, was not pr€sent in court. He asserted that if present she would testify in substance that she u'as with appellant the afternoon and cvening of the robbery. The missing'- rvitness is appellant's sistcr. Both appellant rrrrrl his attorr)ey had no idea u'here she w.as EENRY v. STATE Clte as 230 8o.2d 818 AIa. 319 'cuit ling, 0urt that lusc :bc not ror !sti- that :of oxi- wa3 takc rble 'i( {{+ )*gl ii'*' :.) i.: *i: ,k Court's refusal to permit defense .orr,l , rcl to examine a report used by a witness I "tr lhe stand to refresh his memory consti-7 ttttcs reversibte error. t tF rof tion rrll' 7 wrGEi-r \\'hcre state's witrress did not hav t lrirrr in courtro()nr a rvrittcrr relro:t I 920 Ata. 289 SOUTIIER,N R,EPOR,TER, 2d SEBIES and could not assure the court that she was in this State. tl,2) The matter of continuance in a criminal case is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial judge and the exer- cise of that discretion will not be disturbed on appeal unless clearly abused. peaden v. State, 2ZS Ala.72, ISZ So.Zd 136; Di_ vine v. State,2Z9 Ala. 291, lg4 So,2d 6g; Segers v. State, 2g3 Ala. 694,220 So2d 882. Moreover, the present motion did not dis_ close whether the witness was available --.-. . €r within the jurisdiction. Williams v. State, ZZ4 AIa. 6, l3g So. 291. Also the witness's testimony would have been cumulative since appellant,s mother testified that appellant was with her during the time the robbery was committed. Di_ aiae, supra. t3] The trial court denied appelant,s pre-trial motion to require the prosecution to produce for appellant's inspection the following: was a written waiver signed by appel which waived his right to p..r;;;; counsel at a lineup conducted by officers. Later in the trial, appellant freely testified that he signed the wai' Before the waiver was introduced in dence, appellant,s attorney had ample portunity to examine it. _ Consequently, we are of the opiniai that the triat court,s denial of ,f,. iotiii to produce was not prejudicial to appellrl and no error resutted. See Smith ,.'St g82 Ala. zff., ZtO So.2d g26; lrlcCanri State, 282 Ala, 392, Zl_l So.Zd gZ7;; Sanders v. State, 2Zg A1a.453, 179 So, 35, where our Supreme Court has held il denial of similar motions free from errorl Two lineups were conducted in an effoil to identify the robbers. Appettant *"r rO present at the first lineup and witnel Clara Miller pointed to one of the men u resembling appellant but made no identifi. cation. At the second lineup, she identi. fied appellant as the robber carrying thcpistol. She had seen the app.Iani Ji, or seven times before the robbery when shc was working in Bailey,s Superette. Before any in-court identification wrr admitted, the court held a rather lengtrtry hearing .out of the presence of tn. lury.At that hearing the prosecution introductd the following waiver: prclcnt as a untlcrstand al olhcr Pcrson! pur;tost's of ic "l have b rr5ht to refrrs u1,, brrt do h Attornc.v abo durrng the lir thc ftrnds to lrtl ap;rcint a thrs lineuP. rrght to cons' rll()rrlcY eith .Xrcc to Pro( "t)..\TIi A ,\\.I'I'NI.:SSI "l:tl.g{J " \\'lltrr Pic .\ l,lrcllant co the r,rlrlrt'ry aft, :rl(\ ln cottform r{-t t'.s. .t36, (t) | 'I'he .l/ir t,, appcllant Pri ,r( corrnsel at t t 1l \\'e cor rrr th:rt it was : Io f111d that a tcllrgently wair thc lrneup. Ul t'rr.. .ll{ l.'.2d i .\la. }), 214 ! Sretes, 5 Cir.,4 l5l It is f though appcllar the lineup was lo be violative of thc Fourtee: ('orrstitution. -[.rcrr though ,.i,rt.rrt to tlrt "1. Any document allegedly signed by Defendant. "2. Any statement allegedly made by D_efendant during his interrogation by the Mobile Police. i'3. Any, alleged waiver of any con- stitutional rights allegedly executed by Defendant. "4. Any articles taken from Defend_ ant's person after his arrest. '5. Any articles taken from Defend- ant after he was brought to the Mobile City Jail on the charge which is the basis of this case. "6. Any statement allegedly made by Lincoln Hurd. "7. Any statement allegedly made by any co-defendant of Defendant herein.i, The only item introrluccd at tdal"which came within the scopc of thc alrove motiol ..WAIVER OF RIGHT TO HIRED OR APPOINTED COUNSEL PRESENT AT LINEUP "My name is Willie James Henry, I am in the Mobile police Station. I hrw been introduced to Walter pickett, Hu. bert Bell, Edwin pennington, who havc identified themselves as police offictn of the City of Mobile, Alabama. "I understand that severat witnessct are to come to the police station to ob serve me and determine whether I am responsible or not for the crime of Rob. bery. I understand that I have a right to consult with an attornev afld have or;c EENRY v. STATE Clte ag 239 8o.2d 318 Ara. g}l appellant sence of ry police ant quite ) rraiver. I in evi- nple op 'l rt oplnron r[ ) motion i ; rppellant d i v. Statc '.5 : lants v. ",1 present as a witness at the lineup. I States v. Wade, 3gg U.S. Zlg, gZ S.Ct. 1926,trnderstand at the lineup I will be with tg^LEd.2d l16,;;ielbert v. Catifornia,other persons and wilr be observed for 3gs u.s. z6i, gz'si;.rssr, rs L.Ed,d ,,.,g,prrrposes of identification. the U.S. Supreme Court f,.fa in Foster v.,,I have been totd that I have no ,C{":,1i",-394 U.S. +10,89 S.Ct. UZZ, Zz right to refuse to participate i" ii.li".I L'Ed'zd 402, as follows : '7; and 1iL ,( 9 So2d .${ held th ;E 1 up, but do have a right to consult an r\ttorney about it and have him present during the lineup. That if I do not have the funds to hire an attorney, a Judge r,r'ill appoint a free one to represent me at this lineup. "Understanding all of this, I waive my right to consult with irlrave present an attorney either payed for or free, and aFrce to proceed with the lineup. ,,Willie James Henry "I)ATE AND TIME: Jan. 4, 1968 ..\\,TTNESSES: 6:45 P'M' "l:rlu,in A. pennington - "\\';rlter pickett',.- .\lrlrcllant confessed his participation intlrc rolrlrcrl. after being giren proper warn_ illl. 1,1 conformity with Miranda r. A.iron",.lr'l ['..s. 436, g6 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.i;:;;(r',1. 1-he ltiranda r,, :rrrpcuant prior to #l'r,ilfirT:t-:ffi uf corrrrscl at the lineup. t{J We conclude on the record beforetrs that it was not error for the trial courttu.. f irr<l that appellant knowingly and in_tcllrgcntly waived his right to counsel attnt' ltllcuP. United States v. McKenzie, 3 Ll'-, r:: ri2d 808; Chandler ,. st"t., ia3 ..t-,". sl, 214 So.2d fi6; Frye v. Unitedsrates, 5 Cir., 4l I F.Zd 562. ,r.1.1J, ,, is further asserted that, even ,i],,5f ilP"ttant waives his right to counsel, :.:.,,,,,.:rl was so suggestive in nature as"' r)e vrolative of the due process clauseot lhe Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S.( oilslttution. .-.1.'.f.,, though the instant lineup was sub_r'rltlc,rr to the effective date of Unitecl ., r,i so u d_zr " * * r But in declaring the rule of Wade and, Gilbert to be applicabte onty to lineups conducted after those cases were decided, we recognized that, judged by the 'totality of the circumstances,, Ihe conduct of identification procedures may be 'so unnecessarily suggestive and con- ducive to irreparabternisfakeir-iileiitifi: cation' as to be a denial of due process of law. 388 U.S., at 302, g7 S.Ct., at 1972. See Simmons v. United States, 190 U.S. 372, 39,88 S.Ct. 96Z, gZO, tg I:.Ed.zd t247 (t9e); cf. p. Walt, Eye- Witness Identification in Criminal Cases; J. Frank & B. Frank, Not Guilty; 3 J. Wigmore, Evidence g 7g6a (3d ed. l9a0i; 4 id., $ 1130. "Judged by that standard, this case presents a compelling example of un_ fair lineup procedures. In the first line_ up arranged by the police, petitioner stood out from the other two men by the con_ trast of his height and by the fact that he was wearing a leather jacket similar to that worn by the robber. See United States v. Wade, supra, 3gg U.S. at 233, 87 S.Ct. at 1935. When this did not lead to positive identification, the police per_ mitted a one-to-one confrontation be_ tween petitioner and the witness. This Court pointed out in Stoaall [v. Denno] that '[t]he practice of showing suspects singly to persons for the purpose of identification, and not as part of a line- up, has been widety condemned., 3gg U.S. [293] at 302, 8Z S.Ct. [1962] at 1972 Ll9 L.Ed.2d ll99l. Even after this the witness' identification of petitioner was tentative. So some days later anoth- er lineup was arranged. petitioner was the only person in this lineup who had also participated in rhe first lineup, See \\iall, supra, at 61. This finally pro- duced a <lefirritc irierrtification. :., :n error. (/, ii o effort il: ; was not " iras not - Iwrtne$ I men", 'f I I I t i a' i't !, il ,"s' .,.q: '.Yr -J', ffi DOR SENT dentifi- ';,. identi. :., srx ot ren shc )n wag engthy : jury. oductd nU, I I hrvc , H{' hrvc ficen te$.l oob Iro Rotr right I onc 322 Ala. 239 SOUTEEBN R,EPOR,TER, 2d SER,IES -. "The suggestive elements in this identi_ fication procedure made it all but inevi- table that David would identify petitioner rvhether or not he was in f".i ih. ."n.,In effect, the police repeatedly said tothe witness, ,This is the man., See Itg.Ir v. Tennessee, 390 U.S. 404, 4O;, 88 S.Ct. 9Zg, W, tg L.Ed_Zd tZ6Z'(dis: senting opinion). This procedure so un_ 9:t-jL.d the reliability of the eyewitness tqentrlrcation as to violate due process.,, . "Q. Did you make a written reporl that night ? ..Possibly that night or the nen l I'm not sttre, but_ Do you have that with you ? l I have it in the back. "Q. You've reviewed it, haven,t you? "Q. "A. rcsti fied ir bcr thc fa \\'c are ro irrclude memorand court to r \\'e are of ord rvould r f rve wel tlr scussed J17. Sir ? .:'h:l:-tu". testimony by police officers "Q. You've reviewed it, haven,t you?that there were five-p"ru.lp""ir"ffi; .:A. yes, sir. -.__ -^-luding the aipettant- ,if,.'r"r_ ticipants were as foriows : ( l ) ;;r", 'Q. Has it refreshed your recolection iBullard, born March 12,.t946,-cotor.;;;; any? 'L!v,srtl,n ;weight 135 pounds, height five f..t ;;; .A. I remember about what I wrote :six inches; (2) John L. Brown, Uorn n.- in the report at the time. Icember 5, 1944, colored _"1., *rr.igii iS7 iii:,i,'1,['ill.l,;*T a*:;:.*ii . ],* ,o,o,*, il, o,L,,i.n, or. I ff:":;:t::::jroll.:"P'* -"i..*.isi'-ii; ricer, was *h;;;'o,.^n'o, U;"*ff I pounds, height five feet and n'r. ", ,., that.report you did, in fact, *r...n i"riinchesr; (4) Lincotn Heard, b"r, F.;;r;;; recollection and it did, in fact, aid you9, 1916, cotored male, weight ,;0 ;;;;J, in testifying here today? ----r -'J *'ll.'$:'"1;:'r:ff;:l'l;-,i'; "A. No,",;, r wou,d say not colored male, weight 159 poundi 'r,.tr,,i . "e. you wourd say and te, the courtfive feet and nine inches. that you woutd be abre to testify about . fudging the present case by the standards :::,,t;:::r"T;:::T,:ffi""j, ; ,, in Stovall v. Denno, 3gS U.S. m:;; i1967, tB t.riia-il99, and arrrr" .rt;lj; "A. I betieve r wourd, yes, sir.,, we conclude ihat the fin.up o, pr.;";: frontation ,.u"r-f". rrom 'uei,f or.d ,il- o.*:3.t""','s motion to see the report was gestive or so arranged as Io make theresurting identification virtuary inerii"tr.. t6] we understand the raw to be t Detective Buelr craven or the *"::1. :y,:'l;;::r':' " permit a.r*.. .# f, ;"",1'.T "','fiIl'rT,;:"t'j ::"*j_,*,' ;;*;;'";T.T:T.T iJ::,n,:'*. ' / rea that he il ":o on rurther n,..r""i[ ,;r,ri#r]:.r[,.a ". a,*, ss"i;;ilr [, tt was revealed tt il t._qg_g9rir*.a_16_r report prior to t"*;fyirf@rot.;.;, tzl Here the witness did not have t* l. -,l.lrt, rr,lrort slron.orl rrIlx,llant._- height tob. sir fi.er anrt cishi 'ir,.i ,,_ , ';;i,:::; purr(r t)). appellan_t nt trirl. rroreovcr, lltt'l'r'.rr;ts lostir,',rrv th:rt this \\.:ls il t\.r)(,- tll(' lli ll jrrdge harl ,nrpt,, oi,t,u.tl;;;i ',,, grrt1,l,i,.,rl.rror. .i'f,1, i,,,.il"*,,"'",,,r,'t,i,']- ttlts.r't, :tlrnollnrt,lrrrirrg tlx,i.i;;i.'' :rppcalcd fr hcrclry .'\ f f irmer ( 'r,ll rt of l)efend cuit Court, granrl larcer of Crimina where courl mony of abs catlse attorr ness, and r poenaed, it to grant d srrch time a arr,l sirrce u ,,1,. r,tt. den \! iloes\rii lul ' rof r.ottti rcPort r€ next )u? r't you ? r't you?_ lllection I wrote 'l on, Of- :viewing :sh your aid you re Court fy about your in' sir." port w3! be thrt se coulr used b, ris mcm' or. Mc' ,219 * Ala*APg have thc morc, ht r({ll l'r. ritr l ' . STOVAIIII v. STATE Clte ar 230 SoJd 323 testified in substance that he coutd remem- Grlmlna! Lsw €603(7) ber the facts independent of the report. tvltncrtc! €2(3) We are urged to extend the above rule to include the production of reports or memoranda, etc., reviewed before coming to court to refresh the witness's recollection. We are of the opinion that the present rec- ord would not support such a holding even if we were so inclined. This subject is discussed in 7 A.LR.3d at pages 244 and 247. For the foregoing reasons, the judgment appealed from is due to be and the same is hereby Af firmed. Jack D. STOVALL Y. STATE. 5 Dlv. 25. (jourt of Criminal Appeals ol Alabama. Sept. 15, 1920. Defendant was convicted by the Cir- cuit Court, Lee County, L. J. Tyner, J., of grand larceny, and he appealed. The Court of Criminal Appeals, Cates, J., held that rvhere court ruled that showing as to testi- mony of absent witness was insufficient be- ,,AFFIDAVIT cause attorney had not talked to such wit- tress, and where witness had been sub- lxren:red, it was then incumbent upon court lr) grant defendant a continuance until rrrr'lt time as witness could be brought in, '' l .inr'c rrsc of shou.ing is only way to .::,t,. rlt.rri;rl of compulsorl, process for " . \ \i'\ rrrrlr.r crrrrstitntiortal provision, de- ,'l',,1,!itrrr;11t,.,. \\ its (,rror_ Ala. 323 Where court ruled that showing as to testimony of absent witness was insuffi- cient because attorn€y had not talked to such witness, and where witness had been subpoenaed, it was then incumbent upon court to grant defendant a continuance un- til such time as witness could be brought in, and since use of showing is only way to obviate denial of compulsory process for witnesses under constitutional provision, denial of continuance was error. Const, 1901, $ 6. + Charles M. Ingrum, Opelika, for appel- lant. MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Uoyd G. Hart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State. CATES, Judge. Grand larceny (of an automobile) ; sen- tence five years. Mrs. Parcelles parked the car at 12:45 P.M. and returned at 4:45 to find it missing. The defendant claimed alibi, i. e. that he was not in Auburn but in Anniston some 100 miles array on the day on which Mrs. Parcelles's car disappeared. To support a motion for a continuance because of the absence of a material wit- ness, Stovall filed the following affidavit for a showing: "TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF LEE COUNTY, ALABAMA: "Comes now the Defendant, Jack D. Stovall and files thc following affidavit. "The Defendarrt of fers to prove by Teresa Slarrght, if present, rvho u'as drrll' sulrpoenacd lr_v the i-)cfcrrrlant as a rvit- lrcss irr this causc arrd dr.rl1'scrveri, that ,| 1 i.-- ,1 .,:,i t(.t)l:L)r.ic(|.