Court Opinion

ID: 7747404
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-30 20:12:50.733442+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:30:12.294135
License: Public Domain

I concur based on Ex parte Hamlett, [Ms. 1981689, May 26, 2000] ___ So.2d ___ (Ala. 2000). However, if I were writing on a "clean slate," unencumbered by the implications of Ex parte Hamlett, I would agree with the State's argument and the dissenting view taken by Justices Houston, Lyons, and Brown on application for rehearing in Ex parte Hamlett [Ms. 1981699, December 15, 2000] ___ So.2d ___ (Ala. 2000) — that error in failing to swear the jury venire cannot be predicated on a silent record.