Court Opinion

ID: 9931969
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 18:32:02.573669+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:40:17.864497
License: Public Domain

The Court correctly applies the principle of law this Court set out specifically in Freeman v. Hall, 286 Ala. 161,238 So.2d 330 (1970): that we will reverse the trial court's ruling on a motion for new trial predicated upon a juror's answers or failure to answer at voir dire examination only upon a showing of an abuse of discretion. This Court has not been consistent, however, in applying that rule. See, Wallace v. Campbell,475 So.2d 521 (Ala. 1985) (Torbert, C.J., dissenting, joined by Maddox, J.); Wood v. Woodham, 561 So.2d 224 (Ala. 1989) (Maddox, J., dissenting).