2d 589 (1975). 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. In addition to the arguments already raised, the appellant claims that the trial court erred in denying his motion for continuance on the basis of newly discovered witnesses and on the basis of pre-trial publicity; in failing to grant his motion for mistrial on the basis of the relationship between Lula White and the victim's widow; in the denial of his motion for a mistrial after repeated violations of the trial court's order to prohibit filming of the jury by the news media. Born 1926 and died 1984. ), cert. Articles of the appellant's clothing, rolls of coins taken from the appellant's pockets, a total of $2,058 in currency, and $13,300 in travelers checks were recovered from the scene. 2d 222 (1985). Thanks T.K.! The man was carrying a yellow sack. After Hunter, an individual in Alabama can no longer be disfranchised because he has been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, unless the crime punishable by imprisonment in the penitentiary. 2d 142 (1971). The police records showed that a radio transmission was made at 3:49 which stated, in substance, "Oh me, 200 block. All rights reserved (About Us). denied, Ex parte Clements, 390 So. denied, 402 U.S. 976, 91 S. Ct. 1680, 29 L. Ed. 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.. You're all set! at 1185. 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. 2d 543 (1965). 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. 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. The appellant was tried on three occasions, twice in 1981 and once in 1983; those trials ended in mistrials because the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Certain acts can have important unintended consequences. Both witnesses replied that they recalled what the robber looked like *1370 by viewing him during the robbery of the bank rather than from viewing any photographs. Research genealogy for Josephus Marion"Buster" Anderson Jr of Epes, Sumter, Alabama, as well as other members of the Anderson Jr family, on Ancestry. Anderson's lawyers were granted a change of venue and the trial moved to Mobile, Alabama. Donald was beaten to death and his body hanged in a tree. Furthermore, there is no evidence in the record that the jurors were even aware of the Klan killing. In Cochran, the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's decision because an "adequate substitute" was available in that one of the attorneys who had represented him throughout his litigation "represented him from the preliminary hearing through the third trial." After careful review of the record, we find no prejudicial error of the trial court's ruling. Furthermore, the trial judge explained that this question was merely a string of other questions which he asked as part of his introductory remarks to the jury in order to make them aware of the type of question which they might be asked. The Court further indicated that there was no record of any objections to the declaration of mistrial in any of the three previous trials. 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. [2] "Our opinion today should not be construed as holding that a party may not make inquiry about prior convictions of crimes involving moral turpitude that do not result in a loss of the right to vote. Absent a showing of actual prejudicial influence on the jury, the trial court's denial of a motion for continuance will not be reversed. Bradley v. State, 450 So. Gast v. State, 232 Ala. 307, 310, 167 So. She described the man as approximately 6 feet tall, weighing 180 pounds, wearing "a brown leather hat with a little visor and a light weight wool sweater with blue and white stripes going across the chest"; he was also wearing a jacket. 182, 96 So. Click here to sign up for our newsletter. a black man, Josephus Anderson, accused of murdering a white policeman. All Filters. 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. This man was later identified as Josephus Anderson, an individual with a long history of violent criminal activity. Thanks for the continued horrible and discussing HISTORY of Alabama and Birmingham. Wasnt the trial moved to Mobile at some point? 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. After losing sight of appellant, Officer Newfield stated that he heard gunshots. After a review of the issues raised, we deny the relief sought. I agree. After arriving at the bank, Officer Erwin stated that Jill Tapscott gave him a description of the robber which he then relayed over the police radio. 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). It is consistently held in Alabama that the crime of robbery is basically a crime against the person. 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. "Poole, supra, at 544. As this court stated in Chillous v. State, 405 So. I say do not hide it, but why do we need to blast our bad history. 2d 1136 (Ala. 1980), the court held that `a jury's inability to agree either on a verdict or punishment is a proper reason for the declaration of a mistrial. Just before the FBI was to close the case, Rev. She further testified that the man took money and American Express travelers checks and put them in a paper bag and left the bank. I was born/raised in Birmingham. He was one scary dude. Furthermore, under 15-14-55, Code of Alabama (1975), "A victim of a criminal offense shall be exempt from the operation of rule of court, regulation, or statute or other law requiring the separation or exclusion of witnesses from court in criminal trials or hearings." 2d 344 (1977); Murphy v. Florida, 421 U.S. 794, 95 S. Ct. 2031, 44 L. Ed. Willcutt v. State, 284 Ala. 547, 226 So. In 1984, the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the United Klans of America. Specifically, the appellant alleges that the State was allowed to indirectly "purposely exclude blacks from serving on a jury," an act which the State is not permitted to do directly, i.e., use its peremptory challenges to systematically exclude blacks. After a hearing on March 25, 1982, said motion was denied. And I wonder why Sher continues to shed light on the negativity. [1] "`The registrars' expert estimated that by January 1903 182 had disfranchised approximately ten times as many blacks as whites. The younger generation should be encouraged to move ahead of this as they desire. Greg Bearden, an evidence technician with the Birmingham Police Department, testified that he collected money and travelers checks from the scene where appellant was apprehended. The appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying him access to a transcript of each of his two prior trials. 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. He specifically argues that editorials appearing in the Birmingham Post Herald after the second mistrial of his murder trial in Mobile emphatically stated that appellant was guilty of the robbery charge. Davis v. State, 457 So. Chrysler Credit Corp. v. McKinney, 456 So. 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. The appellant cites Dickerson v. Alabama, 667 F.2d 1364 (11th Cir.1982), cert. But this chain of events happened between 1979 and 1987just 34 years ago. In Jefferson and Montgomery Counties blacks are by even the most modest estimates at least 1.7 times as likely as whites to suffer disfranchisement under Section 182 for the commission of non-prison offenses.'" 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. Yet today, things have changed, and change needed to come at that time. 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. Maybe he should be a history professor at Univ. 2d 1211 (Ala.1979) we find that this statute is constitutional. The men drove the car to the next county into a secluded and wooded area. denied, 295 Ala. 398, 325 So. Henry Hays and James Knowles were armed with a gun and a rope when they happened upon Michael Donald who was walking home from purchasing a pack of cigarettes for his sister. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. Atty. In 1981, Josephus Anderson, an African American charged with the murder of a white policeman in Birmingham, Alabama, during an armed robbery, was tried in Mobile, where the case had been moved in a change of venue. Thus, the defendant has failed to meet his burden. Therefore, this examination will look to the history of this statute and the legislative purpose thereof under the application of the holding in Hunter. Based on the evidence presented by the State, a jury could have reasonably concluded that every reasonable hypothesis except guilt was eliminated. We cannot erase those portions of our past that , at the time May have seemed very strange and threatening. Newfield next saw the man lying in the parking lot of the Southern Motor Inn with gunshot wounds. 2d 549 (1970), quoting Brown v. Allen, 344 U.S. *302 443, 474, 73 S. Ct. 397, 416, 97 L. Ed. Two experts testified that they believed that the bullets found in Sergeant Ballard's body and his car were fired from the pistol taken from the appellant. Birmingham Police Officer Joe Johnson testified and corroborated the testimony of Officer Middleton. Under 15-14-56(a), "[w]henever a victim is unable to attend such trial or hearing or any portion thereof by reason of death the victim's family may select a representative who shall be entitled to exercise any right *305 granted to the victim, pursuant to the provisions of this article." (Emphasis added in Poole.) Yeah, no more ads! In Hicks this Court *299 recently enunciated several factors which are to be considered in determining whether an accused was deprived of his right to compulsory process by denial of a motion for continuance: "`"[T]he diligence of the defense in interviewing witnesses and procuring their presence, the probability of procuring their testimony within a reasonable time, the specificity with which the defense is able to describe their expected knowledge or testimony, the degree to which such testimony is expected to be favorable to the accused, and the unique or cumulative nature of the testimony.". Ms. Hill stated that she gave the man approximately $150 in marked money from her drawer and some rolls of coins. 2d 424, 427 (Ala.Cr. The first unresponsive answer occurred during the cross-examination of State's witness Lula White, an eyewitness to the shooting of Sergeant Ballard: Shortly thereafter, the following occurred: During the recess, the defense counsel moved for a mistrial, objecting to Mrs. White's statement that she knew the appellant shot the man as unresponsive. The appellant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his request for a continuance in order to locate and interview newly discovered witnesses. ), cert. So what were the unforeseen consequences of this story and how did they come about? There is a presumption in favor of the correctness of a jury's verdict, and when the trial judge declines to grant a new trial that verdict is strengthened on appeal. Skip Ancestry main menu Main Menu. 2d 1014 (Ala.Cr.App.1982). The evidence before us reveals that the jury was not prejudiced against appellant and therefore we find no error in the refusal of the trial judge to grant the motion for a change of venue. Can Birmingham become an entrepreneurial city? You can explore additional available newsletters here. Gen., and William D. Little, Asst. The judgment of conviction is affirmed. He was observed pulling something from his bag or his belt, as he was being pursued by the police officers. He again argues that, because of pretrial publicity some two months prior to his trial, the trial should have been postponed to a later date. Records of the police department indicated that this "robbery-in-progress" broadcast was made at 3:34 p.m. BOWEN, Presiding Judge. But this chain of events happened between 1979 and 1987just 34 years ago. All the Judges concur, except BOWEN, P.J., who concurs in the result only. We need to blast our bad history an account through one of the links on our site, we that. 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