2d 843 (Ala.1978). State ex rel. 2d 446 (Ala.1984): "In Clements v. State, 390 So. ', Richardson v. State, 476 So. The appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion by denying his motion for mistrial based on the unresponsive testimony of two witnesses. Furthermore, there is no evidence in the record that the jurors were even aware of the Klan killing. The measure of impropriety which must be shown by an appellant to hold the court in error for denial of a motion for continuance of a criminal trial is gross abuse. Both of these statutes required that in order to qualify to be a potential juror, the person must have never "been convicted of any offense involving moral turpitude." 2d 1014 (Ala.Cr.App.1982). Anderson, supra; Hale v. United States, 435 F.2d 737 (5th Cir.1970), cert. The objective of ComebackTown is to create conversations that encourage people to talk about the good and bad of our region to make our future better. 2d 450 (1977). Clickhereto sign up for ournewsletter. The Court further found no merit in the State's contention that despite the original purpose of 182, subsequent events had legitimated the provision, stating that "[w]ithout deciding whether 182 would be valid if enacted today without any impermissible motivation, we simply observe that its original enactment was motivated by a desire to discriminate against blacks on account of race and the section continues to this day to have that effect. The appellant argues that the trial court erred in excepting the victim's widow from the rule. Police officers chased Anderson into an alley at Third Avenue and 13th Street North where a gun battle ensued and Anderson was shot multiple times and captured. "Poole, supra, at 544. During the defense counsel's examination of Mrs. White concerning this statement, she explained that she had not known the widow prior to the trial. On cross-examination, she testified that the appellant looked like the man that she saw. Gayle Yester, another Birmingham Police Department evidence technician, testified that she went to the Jefferson Federal Savings branch office at Fifth Avenue and 20th Street on November 29, 1979, at approximately 4:00 p.m. She took photographs, made diagrams and processed the scene for fingerprints. The police car took off as if the policeman's foot had hit the accelerator and the car hit a paper stand and a trash can on the corner. 2d 1296 (Ala.Cr.App.1978); Boutwell v. State, 279 Ala. 176, 183 So. Hunter v. Underwood, supra, 471 U.S. at 231, 105 S. Ct. at 1922, 85 L. Ed. The case was filed in the federal court in the Southern District of Alabama. Maybe he should be a history professor at Univ. The Christmas shopping rush was on when a call went out over the police radio reporting an armed robbery at a savings and loan branch and which included a description of a Black male suspect. The only showing that was made was that some of the *1369 prospective jurors had some recollection of the events surrounding the robbery. He stated that his partner said, "Halt, police," after which the black male began to run. Following his conviction in 1985, the jury recommended a sentence of life without parole. We note that, at the time of appellant's trial for robbery, he had previously been tried twice for the murder of Officer Eugene Ballard who was killed immediately after the robbery. Furthermore, according to the record, the testimony of Phyllis Johnson would have been merely cumulative and, therefore, there was no abuse in failing to grant a continuance because of her absence at trial. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Although the appellant argues that these statutes have no application in his case, because the offense occurred prior to their enactment, the defendant's trial took place after its enactment, and therefore the statute applies to this case. 2d 1211 (Ala.1979) we find that this statute is constitutional. Ellis v. State, 338 So. Josephus ANDERSON v. STATE. When you read about lynchings and the KKK in Alabama, you expect to be reading about incidents that happened 100 years ago. 2d 522 (Ala.Cr.App.1985); Bell v. State, 466 So. They had the following children: Isreal, Alfred, Levi & Mary Jane. Ms. Tapscott stated that the robber was in her presence from three to five minutes and was within two feet of her. Memorialize Joseph's life with photos and stories about him and the Anderson family history and genealogy. Jackson v. State, 414 So. Jorden - Josephus . See Stevens v. State, 451 So. 2d 428 (Ala.Cr.App. 1981); Singleton v. Lefkowitz, 583 F.2d 618 (2d Cir.1978). Get free summaries of new Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals opinions delivered to your inbox! After a hearing on March 25, 1982, said motion was denied. Appellant's photograph also had his name written on the back of the picture. Two members of the Klan group were very upset and began driving around Mobile in search of a black person to attack. A mistrial was declared. 2d 423 (Ala.Cr.App.1976). William, I very much appreciate you following ComebackTown and for your feedback. Newfield next saw the man lying in the parking lot of the Southern Motor Inn with gunshot wounds. In retrospect, these unforeseen consequences can be indirectly traced back to that incident years before when Josephus Anderson survived being shot multiple times by police officers in a Birmingham alley and which, in the end, would set a precedent for successful civil rights lawsuits against other racist hate groups. The defense counsel contended that he should be accorded the opportunity to interview each of these witnesses and, because Shirley Stewart was somewhere in Michigan, he maintained that he should be provided funds with which to go to Michigan and interview her. At approximately 3:30 p.m., Ms. Tapscott stated that she walked into the front of the branch office and saw a black male holding a gun on Shannon Hill, a bank employee. Both concluded that Michael Donald was hung as a result of a drug deal gone bad. Marker Address Rent ? Looking back to the history of the 1901 Alabama Constitutional Convention, the Supreme Court determined "that discrimination against blacks, as well as against poor whites, was a motivating factor for the provision and that 182 certainly would not have been adopted by the Convention or ratified by the electorate in the absence of the racially discriminatory motivation." When the jury returned, the trial court gave extensive instructions as to the nature of Mrs. White's response and further instructed the jury to disregard that answer. 2d 198, at 204 (1970), quoting Mitchell v. Johnson, 250 F. Supp. When Donald attempted to escape by running away, he was caught and beaten with a tree branch. 500 So. 2d 58 (Ala.Cr.App.1981), before a criminal conviction is to be reversed, it must appear to this court that the error complained of has probably injuriously affected the substantial rights of the defendant. In the week leading up to his murder, Mobile had become a hotbed of Klan activity due to the trial of Josephus Anderson, a Black man accused of killing a white police officer during an armed. We only hold that convictions of these crimes do not result in disqualifying a jury for cause." 2d 697, 699 (Ala.Cr.App.1982)." See also Beauregard v. State, 372 So. This was likely related to the lack of positive eyewitness identification of Anderson as the person who shot Ballard and questions regarding ballistic evidence. There is also no merit to the appellant's claim that he should have been granted a mistrial because of the relationship between Lula White and the victim's widow. ), affirmed, 457 So. App.1984) (wherein a juror was observed talking to the victim during a recess). denied, 372 So. Joseph Anderson in Alabama 269 people named Joseph Anderson found in Mobile, Huntsville and 12 other cities. The record indicates that no one was struck as a result of this question. Research genealogy for Josephus Marion"Buster" Anderson Jr of Epes, Sumter, Alabama, as well as other members of the Anderson Jr family, on Ancestry. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Decisions. I say do not hide it, but why do we need to blast our bad history. 2d 520, cert. A verdict of conviction will not be set aside on the ground of insufficiency of the evidence, unless, allowing all reasonable presumptions for its correctness, the preponderance of the evidence against the verdict is so decided as to clearly convince this Court that it was wrong and unjust. He argues that these jurors indicated on voir dire questioning that their recollection of events surrounding the robbery and later murder of Officer Ballard would affect their judgment. 2d 451 (Ala.Cr.App.1981). 2d 799 (1963), is without merit. Cumbo v. State, 368 So. 2d 878,880 (Ala.Cr.App. Appellant was tried before a jury on January 27, 1982, and was found guilty as charged. Ex parte Poole, 497 So.2d *303 537, 543 (Ala.1986). 1985). The photograph of appellant did not have an "IR number" on the front of the photograph as did the other five photographs. I agree with you. The record shows that appellant moved the trial court for a Rule 10(f) order to supplement the record to show the individual jurors' answers to voir dire questions. Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results Josephus Marion"Buster" Anderson Jr (1905 - 1979) . Arraignment was held on January 16, 1981, with court-appointed counsel present, wherein appellant entered a plea of not guilty. Ms. Tapscott testified that she herself gave the robber over $13,000 in American Express Travelers Checks. The Court further refused to accept the appellant's contention that the State had a legitimate interest in denying the franchise to those convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude, because the Court found that such a purpose was not a motivating factor of the 1901 Convention. In 1981, shortly after the jury in the first trial of Anderson could not reach a verdict, several members of the Ku Klux Klan in Mobile reacted to this outcome by abducting a 19 year old Black man named Michael Donald. Historically, in Alabama, the qualifications of persons on a jury roll were addressed under Title 30, Section 21, Code of Alabama (1940), and Title 30, Section 21, Code of Alabama (Recomp.1958). Jesse Jackson and other civil rights activists demanded that the investigation remain open, which it did. To ensure that Michael Donald was dead, Henry Hays cut the mans neck three times. Gast v. State, 232 Ala. 307, 310, 167 So. He stated that he made photographs of the scene and photocopies of the travelers checks found near appellant. After careful review of the record, we find no prejudicial error of the trial court's ruling. More Information on this Page. As a high school student at Banks HS during those years and a Freshman, I vividly remember how terrified we were when we were directed to got down in the floor, under shelter of our desks, as a large, angry crowd of African Americans approached in an effort to demonstrate against segregation, and yes, we were terrified. As to the argument regarding the filming of the jury, the record indicates that on approximately six occasions, photographers appeared either in the two windows (approximately four inches wide and 36 inches long) in the courtroom or in the doorway in order to take pictures. As stated in Anderson, supra, 1298-1299: After careful review, we find that there was no showing that any prospective juror read the editorials which appellant claims prejudiced his case. 2d 142 (1982) to argue in his brief that "when faced with the question of the propriety of a grant or a denial of a continuance for the purpose of producing a defense witness, the proper question is not whether the trial judge abused his discretion, but whether the denial of the continuance violated the defendant's constitutional rights to compulsory process and effective assistance of counsel." The appellant was ordered to stop, but did not do so. The officers in this police car returned his fire and the appellant fell again near the motel swimming pool after being shot. He is the author of the recently published book Life and Death in the Magic City. The officer who responded to the call broadcast a description of the man over his radio. Appellant filed an amended motion for change of venue on December 18, 1981, which was denied on January 21, 1982. Josephus Anderson, age 79, would die from natural causes in March . Gregg v. Maples, 286 Ala. 274, at 279, 239 So. Gen., for appellee. You already receive all suggested Justia Opinion Summary Newsletters. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Furthermore, "a common requirement or qualification [to serve as a juror] is that a juror be a qualified elector or voter of the county or district, or have such qualifications as are prescribed in the laws for an elector or a voter." ), cert. It was further shown by sworn affidavit that the court reporter's notes and tapes of the juror's voir dire questioning were reported missing prior to their being typed. However, in Ex parte Cochran, 500 So. The other testimony which the appellant alleges was erroneous occurred during the re-cross-examination of a firearms expert by the defense counsel: No motion for mistrial was made by the defense counsel. When Donald approached the car, he was forced at gunpoint to get inside. We cant rewrite OR I write that history. I understand the desire to turn away from the darkness of history, but to do that is to deny truth in terms of what we are capable of (both the good and the ugly). Therefore, this examination will look to the history of this statute and the legislative purpose thereof under the application of the holding in Hunter. Josephus was a real bad actor. Goodwin v. State, 516 So. Anderson was. 2d 328 (1969)." In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 90 S. Ct. 1068, 25 L. Ed. Until i researched. A jury, on Feb. 1, found Josephus Anderson, 27, guilty of perjury for lying at an evidentiary hearing where he recanted the testimony he made during Willie Anderson II's, trial in October 2015 . You can explore additional available newsletters here. Atty. 2d 1083, 1089 (Ala.Cr. 2. The record indicates that the victim's widow, Kalliopi Ballard Hartley, testified only that, on the day of the murder, her husband left home in his police uniform and that the next time that she saw him, he was dead. 2d 1312 (Ala.Cr.App.1985), and no showing of a discriminatory intent, the appellant's claim is without merit. Appellant also contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a trial continuance. You can explore additional available newsletters here. Subsequently, the prosecutor sent the defense counsel a copy of a tape recording of a conversation between Ms. Johnson and a member of the Birmingham police force. Albert Eugene Ballard, 46, and two days before being eligible to retire, saw a man walking on the sidewalk who fit the general description of the suspect. 2d 368 (1970). Gen., for appellee. An example of such a profound delayed effect with far-reaching social ramifications would have its origin in downtown Birmingham on the afternoon of November 29th, 1979 in front of Newberrys in the 200 block of 20th Street North. We cannot erase those portions of our past that , at the time May have seemed very strange and threatening. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). at 545. denied, 368 So. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. 654, 658, 282 So. Upon calling him over to his car, Anderson leaned into the vehicle and shot Ballard several times and then ran away. 554, 556 (1936). The appellant argues that some of the testimony presented by the eyewitnesses to the murder conflicted and that none of these witnesses testified that they saw a gun. Of the jurors empaneled to hear the case, five jurors who had expressed some prior knowledge of the case remained on the panel. The lynching of Michael Donald - March 20, 1981. We have to look both (past and present) in the eye and acknowledge them, but more importantly, understand what they say about who we are as a species, so we can aim higher and go forward.. Sheppard v. Maxwell, 384 U.S. 333, *307 86 S. Ct. 1507, 16 L. Ed. There his beaten body hung from the tree until all life left it. (Opt out at any time). Following Defendant's conviction, the cumulative vote total was still twenty-seven for acquittal, twenty-one for conviction." 2d 777, 786 (Ala.Cr.App.1985), judgment affirmed by Ex parte Wilhite, 485 So. The trial court further stated that the photographers had been instructed that they could on rare occasions take pictures "in such a way as not to distract the jurors." I knew he in that mess but. 2d 840 (1968), which emphasized that the disfranchisement of felons "has never been viewed as a device by which a state could discriminatorily exclude a given racial minority from the polls."). Jackson v. State, 414 So. Since jurors in Arizona must be electors, convicted felons cannot serve as jurors since they cannot vote, unless their civil rights are restored." In Childersburg, AL, my mothers. He was also wearing a jacket, but Ms. Tapscott stated she could not remember what type. The defense counsel made a motion for mistrial because of this filming on three separate occasions. App.1986). An all-white jury heard the civil liability case against the United Klans of America. After Elizabeth died he married Sarah Chaney on August 6, 1872. Im sure you read Richard Dickersons piece a few weeks back promoting that effort. Thanks T.K.! 2d 677 (Ala.1980); Turk v. State, 348 So. "The weight of the evidence, the credibility of the witnesses, and inferences to be drawn from the evidence, where susceptible of more than one rational conclusion, are for the jury alone. App.1986), quoting Johnson v. State, 378 So. A yellow sack was lying on the ground near the appellant. Starr and McCormick, Jury Selection 35 (1985). More at History. However, due to our finding above that the jurors were not biased against appellant, we find no abuse of judicial discretion in its denial of appellant's motion for a continuance. David Sher is the founder and publisher of ComebackTown. David Sher is the founder and publisher ofComebackTown. Alabama Supreme Court 83-316. denied, 416 U.S. 973, 94 S. Ct. 1998, 40 L. Ed. Instead, he was killed because the Klan members were furious that the second trial of Josephus Anderson, a Black man accused of murdering a white policeman, had been declared a mistrial when. I welcome your comments. . 2d 531 (1975). She stated that he was wearing light blue denim blue jeans, a knit pullover with contrasting blue and white stripes and a beige wool cap with a small bill on the front. Officer Middleton stated that he heard certain radio transmissions concerning the robbery which caused him to proceed in his patrol car west on Second Avenue to 13th Street where he turned north. Subsequent to appointment of counsel, Jefferson County Circuit Judge Wallace Gibson entered an order staying any further action on this robbery case pending the outcome of the homicide trial in Mobile County. Albert Eugene Ballard, 46, and two days before being eligible to retire, saw a man walking on the sidewalk who fit the general description of the suspect. During that trial, a Klan member testified that the motive for the murder of Donald was that The Klan wanted the message to get back to the black people of not just Alabama, but the whole United States, that we would not stand for a black person killing a white police officer and getting away with it. Mrs. Donald won a $7 million judgement against the United Klans of America which bankrupted the organization, effectively leading to the cessation of Ku Klux Klan operations in Alabama. 2d 92 (1973).'" The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. This court denied the petition and that decision was affirmed by the Alabama Supreme Court. Appellant's murder trials, both of which resulted in "hung juries," were had in Mobile, Alabama, because of extensive publicity surrounding the robbery-murder. Josephus Anderson was first married to Elizabeth Fencey, She died 10-29-1871. Officer R.E. Willcutt v. State, 284 Ala. 547, 226 So. The record reveals no prejudice caused to the appellant because of the failure to make these two prior transcripts a part of the record. https://comebacktown.com/2021/08/31/how-birmingham-is-totally-unique/. Thus, there is no adverse ruling for this court to review. On the night of March 21, 1981, members of Unit 900 of the United Klans of America burned a large cross in front of the Mobile County courthouse. . In 1984, the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the United Klans of America. He was one scary dude. All Filters. Rhoden Josephus Open Premium Report Rhoden Josephus 62 Anderson Street, Talladega, Alabama We have found at least 14 more addresses related to this person, which require a . 2d 1018,1020 (Ala.Cr.App.1986). Sign up for our free summaries and get the latest delivered directly to you. After such a mistrial, the retrial of the defendant is not barred by double jeopardy.' He was an insurance salesman. 2d 871 (Ala.Cr.App. Except where inherently prejudicial publicity has so saturated the community as to have a probable impact upon the prospective jurors, the trial court's main responsibility with regard to allegedly prejudicial pre-trial publicity is to determine whether, as the result of such publicity, it is reasonably unlikely that the defendant can secure a fair and impartial trial. Husband was kkk, he and 20 other klansmans.did to much evil.acts ..he ended up killimg my mother and has spent 31 years on death row @holman .. 1978). There is no evidence in the record that the jury lists in Mobile County were taken from voter registration lists, nor is there any indication that anyone was excluded from the venire because of a conviction of a crime of moral turpitude. During voir dire examination of witnesses Tapscott and Hill outside the presence of the jury, each was asked if she had an independent recollection of the description of the robber without having seen any photographs. The police records showed that a radio transmission was made at 3:49 which stated, in substance, "Oh me, 200 block. Josephus Dekoning currently lives in Anderson, AL; in the past Josephus has also lived in Orland Park IL, Monee IL and Steger IL. In 1987, Donalds mother, Beulah Mae Donald, brought a wrongful death lawsuit against the United Klans of America. Two additional jurors who stated they had no previous knowledge of the case replaced those jurors who were struck for cause. The judgment of conviction is affirmed. Officer Newfield testified that he then ran in the direction of the sound of the gunshots which led him to the Southern Motor Inn Motel. Donald was beaten to death and his body hanged in a tree. Chrysler Credit Corp. v. McKinney, 456 So. I am proud to have been a part of that history, for good and for bad. Ex parte Anderson, 457 So. "The purpose of this section [ 12-16-60, Code of Alabama (1975)] is `"to insure at least a reasonable approximation to the requirements that jury venires include all qualified persons, and, hence, represent a cross-section of the community."'" However, the defense counsel stated that approximately two days later, at a hearing, the prosecutor identified the other witness as being Shirley Stewart, but stated that he had no information as to her whereabouts. She stated that Jane Baird, another bank teller, gave him all the money from her drawer and that Jill Tapscott gave the man travelers checks. In view of the history surrounding this statute, and in view of the non-discriminatory legislative purpose behind this statute, and after determining the effect of the Supreme Court's decision in Hunter on this statute, we conclude that it is constitutional on its face. *301 The analysis and holding in Hunter have since been used where black citizens challenged the constitutionality of an at-large method of electing county commissioners and school board members, Dillard v. Crenshaw County, 640 F. Supp. The trial judge then offered to exclude the answer *304 and to give an appropriate jury instruction. 95. Appellant also filed a motion to produce and a motion for change of venue on May 6, 1981. Our entire world has a dark history, and America is no exception. ), cert. Yeah, no more ads! On December 18, 1979, the Honorable William N. Clark was appointed to represent appellant in this cause. Circuit Judge Susan Jordan sentenced Josephus Anderson, 27, Wednesday, March 27, to serve three to 30 years in prison for one felony count of perjury to run concurrently with his current. Although 182 is racially neutral on its face, applying equally to anyone convicted of one of the named crimes or categories of crimes, the appellee was able to prove a racially discriminatory impact. Wasnt the trial moved to Mobile at some point? The Supreme Court in Hunter determined that 182 was unconstitutional under the following guidelines for analysis. She testified that the police car then ran into a utility pole and stopped. Griffin, both of AL Source: Carey Hand Funeral Home Records, Orlando, Florida. In 1981, shortly after the jury in the first trial of Anderson could not reach a verdict, several members of the Ku Klux Klan in Mobile reacted to this outcome by abducting a 19 year old Black man named Michael Donald. As stated in Frazier v. State, 56 Ala. App. 363, 279 So. Skip Ancestry main menu Main Menu. The body was left hanging from a tree in a mixed-race neighborhood in Mobile. Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his challenge for cause of jurors Brown and Benjamin. Your email address will not be published. Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. Police officers chased Anderson into an alley at Third Avenue and 13th Street North where a gun battle ensued and Anderson was shot multiple times and captured. Tolliver v. State, 50 Ala.App. And we have overcome much already, with a only little yet to go. The fact that jurors knew of the case did not establish that at the time of empaneling they were biased against the defendant where they swore that their knowledge would not affect their judgment. 2d 1014 (Ala.Cr.App.1982). It is not the function of this Court to decide whether the evidence is believable beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty. Middleton testified that he was a member of the tactical unit of the Birmingham Police Department and was working in "plain clothes" on November 29, 1979. Atty. It is consistently held in Alabama that the crime of robbery is basically a crime against the person. denied, 295 Ala. 398, 325 So. Yes, the trials were moved to Mobile. The appellant contends that his rights to equal protection and due process were violated by the trial court's failure to strike the entire venire on the basis of Hunter v. Underwood, 471 U.S. 222, 105 S. Ct. 1916, 85 L. Ed. Newfield broadcast his movements to police headquarters and stated that the man continued walking in a calm manner, occasionally glancing in Newfield's direction. Jill Tapscott, an employee of Jefferson Federal Savings and Loan Association, testified that on November 29, 1979, she observed a black man standing in the building holding a gun. Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama. Alabama 36108 . That is, the young population that remains here. Following his conviction in 1985, the jury recommended a sentence of life without parole. Officer Middleton testified that he pulled up beside a person at Second Alley and 13th Street who fit the description of the robbery suspect which he heard over the radio. Carter v. Jury Comm'n, 396 U.S. 320, 90 S. Ct. 518, 24 L. Ed. The petitioner, Josephus Anderson, was indicted on December 7, 1979, in Jefferson County for the November 29th capital murder of Officer Albert Eugene Ballard. The man rounded a corner and Newfield cut through a breezeway by the Southern Motor Inn. 2d 787 (Ala.1986). Officer Middleton identified appellant as the fleeing man. Working together, the two men pulled Michael Donalds body up over a tree limb. She further testified that the man took money and American Express travelers checks and put them in a paper bag and left the bank. PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI. Summary Joseph Anderson was born on July 24, 1926. 2d 1133, 1134 (Ala.Cr.App.1985). That above rule "clearly applies to cases where the continuance is sought due to an absent witness." Anyone who is still teaching young impressionable children to hate based solely on skin color is part of the problem. Jay Glass retired as Chief Deputy Coroner following 35 years of. 2d 726 (Ala.Cr.App.1985), reversed on other grounds, Ex parte Jackson, 516 So. 166, 320 So. Although several Klan members were later convicted of this crime, with one of them being executed for the murder, that would not be the end of this matter. Great read. Mrs. White testified that aside from the introduction, nothing else occurred. 2d 707, 712 (Ala.Cr.App.1985). Furthermore, during the cross-examination of several of the State's witnesses, the defense counsel was able to recall their testimony from the previous trials and, moreover, attempted to introduce the previous testimony of at least one State's witness, Lula White, into evidence in order to show that she had changed her testimony. Willingham v. State, 50 Ala.App. Although the Court in Poole related the holding in Hunter only to the particular appellant in that case, it is clear that the Court's interpretation as to the interplay between that code section and the relevant constitutional code section in Hunter results in a disqualification of jurors only where they have been convicted of crimes involving moral turpitude which are punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary and, on that basis, have lost their right to vote. Lack of positive eyewitness identification of Anderson as the person who shot Ballard and questions regarding ballistic evidence working,. 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