Opinion · Supreme Court of Alabama
Brown v. State
294 Ala. 241
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of Alabama
- Jurisdiction
- Alabama
- Date
- 1975-06-19
- Topic
- litigation
How later courts describe this case
- the latter two cases stand for the proposition that the *Page 258 improper introduction of fingerprint evidence may constitute harmless error
Citator
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- Cited by
- 7 opinions
Writ denied.
*242 By denying the writ, we point out that writs of certiorari are frequently denied without any consideration of the merits. Haden v. Olan Mills, Inc., 273 Ala. 129, 135 So.2d 388 (1961). A denial of certiorari should never be considered as an expression by the reviewing court on the merits of the controversy. See Hamilton Brown Shoe Co. v. Wolf Brothers, 240 U.S. 251, 36 S.Ct. 269, 60 L.Ed. 629 (1916). Our denial of the writ should not be understood as approving or disapproving the language used, or the statements of law contained in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals. See Cooper v. State, 287 Ala. 728, 252 So.2d 108 (1971).
HEFLIN, C. J., and MERRILL, JONES and SHORES, JJ., concur.