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Cofer v. StateCofer v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Nov 1, 1983
6 Div. 918
Reporters:
,
Before:
Tyson
TYSON, Judge.

On September 16, 1983, the Supreme ‍​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‍Court of Alabama reversed and remanded this cause for a new trial because ‍​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‍it determined that the trial court improperly admitted evidence of a “prior rape alleged ‍​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‍to have occurred 10 years before the present offense.” As directed in Cofer, 440 So.2d ‍​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‍1121, this cause is herewith reversed and remanded for a new trial.

REVERSED AND ‍​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‍REMANDED FOR NEW TRIAL.

All the Judges concur.

Case Details

Case Name: Cofer v. State
Court Name: Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Date Published: Nov 1, 1983
Citations: 440 So. 2d 1125; 1983 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 5257; 6 Div. 918
Docket Number: 6 Div. 918
Court Abbreviation: Ala. Crim. App.
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