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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. Fourteen of the twenty-seven jurors had some recollection of the events surrounding the robbery. From the record, we find that appellant was indicted for robbery on December 7, 1979. 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. He was observed pulling something from his bag or his belt, as he was being pursued by the police officers. at 545. All Filters. This section was held constitutional on its face, Bokulich v. Jury Comm'n of Greene County, Ala., 298 F. Supp. 2d 406 (Ala.Cr.App.1981); Weaver v. State, 401 So. Ballard was shot and killed by Josephus Anderson, who was fleeing a bank robbery. The body was left hanging from a tree in a mixed-race neighborhood in Mobile. Ms. Hill stated that she gave the man approximately $150 in marked money from her drawer and some rolls of coins. 2d 877 (Ala.1979); Scruggs v. State, 359 So.2d *296 836, 842 (Ala.Cr.App. After a review of the issues raised, we deny the relief sought. 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. You're all set! She stated that Ms. Hill was attempting to open the bank safe. "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. 2d 799 (1963), is without merit. Invite David to speak to your group for free about a better Birmingham. 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." 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. 2d 1173 (Ala.1979). denied, Ex parte Clements, 390 So. Gen., for appellee. App.1984) (wherein a juror was observed talking to the victim during a recess). Gen., for appellee. Arraignment was held on January 16, 1981, with court-appointed counsel present, wherein appellant entered a plea of not guilty. 2d 562 (1974). BTW, multiple cities have a similar history, but they are looking forward to developing a better world for their citizens. 2d 697, 699 (Ala.Cr.App.1982)." 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." She identified the *295 appellant as the man who robbed the Jefferson Federal Savings and Loan Association. Guilt should be directed to the criminals of the crimes, not a rehash of HISTORY that most of us know. Ellis v. State, 338 So. 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. He further stated that he was not present when the jury venire was in fact empanelled or qualified and had no way of knowing what questions were asked. "`Denial of a continuance is not palpable abuse of discretion in the absence of a showing as to what the witness would testify to.' 2d 520, cert. 2d 1133, 1134 (Ala.Cr.App.1985). The trial court denied these motions and indicated that he had been observing the members of the jury and that all had appeared to be attentive to the trial and in no way distracted by the cameramen. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. 2. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. David Sher is the founder and publisher ofComebackTown. The lynching of Michael Donald - March 20, 1981. The evidence must be considered in the light most favorable to the prosecution. The officer who responded to the call broadcast a description of the man over his radio. "Once racial discrimination is shown to have been a `substantial' or `motivating' factor behind enactment of the law, the burden shifts to the law's defenders to demonstrate that the law would have been enacted without this factor." However, in Ex parte Anderson, supra, at 449-51, the Alabama Supreme Court found that the circumstances of this case do not present a breach of due process: Furthermore, the appellant's conviction upon his fourth retrial did not violate due process. All the Judges concur, except BOWEN, P.J., who concurs in the result only. 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. I am proud to have been a part of that history, for good and for bad. We cannot erase those portions of our past that , at the time May have seemed very strange and threatening. 117, at 122 (N.D.Ala.1966). Channell v. State, 477 So. 554, 556 (1936). 1981); Singleton v. Lefkowitz, 583 F.2d 618 (2d Cir.1978). The officers in this police car returned his fire and the appellant fell again near the motel swimming pool after being shot. 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 the jury could not reach a verdict. She further testified that the man took money and American Express travelers checks and put them in a paper bag and left the bank. In 1984, the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the United Klans of America. Following the petitioner's motion for a change of venue, the case was transferred to the Circuit Court of Mobile County. The appellant argues that his conviction abrogates the reasonable doubt standard in that "[p]rior to the fourth trial of the defendant, the cumulative total of the voting by the juries was twenty-seven votes for acquittal, nine for conviction. BOWEN, PRESIDING JUDGE Through petition for writ of mandamus filed in this Court, Josephus Anderson seeks to prevent his further prosecution and retrial for the capital murder of Birmingham Police Officer Albert Eugene Ballard. Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Andersons lawyers were granted a change of venue and the trial moved to Mobile, Alabama. Mrs. White testified that aside from the introduction, nothing else occurred. Lord, help me. will raise their ugly head in future generations, perhaps in different ways, over and over. See also Dobbins v. State, supra. He described appellant as wearing a leather cap with a small brim, a patchwork leather jacket, a light blue knit striped sweater and said he *1367 was carrying a yellow sack. See Wilhite v. State, 485 So. Setting a precedent, the lawsuit opened the door for others to file civil cases against hate groups and their members in the United States. Appellant's photograph also had his name written on the back of the picture. 2d 677 (Ala.1980); Turk v. State, 348 So. Id. As Hays tied a rope around Donalds neck, Knowles continued to beat Donald with the tree branch. 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.". 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). 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. The American Bar Association has established a model setting forth four categories of persons who should be ineligible for jury service. Birmingham Police Officer Joe Johnson testified and corroborated the testimony of Officer Middleton. . It is clear that the appellant has not made the requisite showing in order to prove that he was deprived of his right to compulsory process as a result of a denial of his motion for continuance. 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. 2d 984 (Ala.Cr.App.1984). Wasnt the trial moved to Mobile at some point? The appellant concedes in brief that there is no indication from the record that the State used its peremptory challenges to systematically exclude blacks from the jury, which was comprised of ten whites and four blacks, as prohibited under the doctrine of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S. Ct. 1712, 90 L. Ed. 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. Upon calling him over to his car, Anderson leaned into the vehicle and shot Ballard several times and then ran away. 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. 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. A witness, who was standing with her husband in the vicinity of the bank in downtown Birmingham, testified that she observed a police car, with one officer in the car, drive by slowly. Josephus ANDERSON v. STATE. ), cert. All rights reserved (About Us). 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. Dobbert v. Florida, 432 U.S. 282, 97 S. Ct. 2290, 53 L. Ed. 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. Snipes v. State, 364 So. Gen., and William D. Little, Asst. It is important for the next generations to know, so they can choose different paths, otherwise the negative forces of humankind (superiority of ones own group, setting profit and power as the ultimate goal and test of success, etc.) Ms. Hill stated that the black male remained in the bank for six minutes. In so doing, this group stated: American Bar Association, Standards Relating to Juror Use and Management 50 (1983). Appellant argues that, because of widespread publicity in the Birmingham area concerning the robbery and murder of Officer Ballard, he was denied his right to a fair and impartial trial. 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 424, 427 (Ala.Cr. 181 (N.D.Ala.1968); Seals v. State, 282 Ala. 586, 213 So. Born 1926 and died 1984. Appellant's murder trials, both of which resulted in "hung juries," were had in Mobile, Alabama, because of extensive publicity surrounding the robbery-murder. The Alabama Supreme Court in Poole, supra, emphasizes that the conviction of a crime of moral turpitude can be a ground for disqualification under 12-16-60(a)(4) only if a person has lost his right to vote.[2]. 2d at 228, quoting the Court of Appeals' finding at 730 F.2d 620. 654, 658, 282 So. 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. Sheppard v. Maxwell, 384 U.S. 333, *307 86 S. Ct. 1507, 16 L. Ed. 2d 726 (Ala.Cr.App.1985), reversed on other grounds, Ex parte Jackson, 516 So. The man rounded a corner and Newfield cut through a breezeway by the Southern Motor Inn. So what were the unforeseen consequences of this story and how did they come about? Ms. Tapscott described this man as six feet tall, wearing a blue and white striped sweater-shirt and a brown leather hat with a small visor. What wasnt brought out in the article was the fact that the gun recovered from him was taken from a bank guard in Atlanta that he killed during a robbery. 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). But this chain of events happened between 1979 and 1987just 34 years ago. 2d 1069, 1071 (Ala.1984), citing Beasley v. State, 39 Ala.App. Hunter v. Underwood, supra, 471 U.S. at 231, 105 S. Ct. at 1922, 85 L. Ed. Thus, there is no adverse ruling for this court to review. 2d 450 (1977). The Court in Poole further interpreted this code section in light of the holding in Hunter v. Underwood, supra. As such, it violates equal protection under Arlington Heights." denied, 368 So. That is, the young population that remains here. "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."'" Starr and McCormick, Jury Selection 35 (1985). Following his conviction in 1985, the jury recommended a sentence of life without parole. Page from the United Klans of America publication. They had the following children: Isreal, Alfred, Levi & Mary Jane. 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. Get free summaries of new Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals opinions delivered to your inbox! Donald was beaten to death and his body hanged in a tree. Following Defendant's conviction, the cumulative vote total was still twenty-seven for acquittal, twenty-one for conviction." This thought experiment in comparison ponders a Black man's conviction that his Hebrew identity would make him immune to COVID-19. 363, 279 So. Josephus Anderson, age 79, would die from natural causes in March, 2021, while serving his life sentence in Holman prison. Thanks T.K.! (Emphasis added in Poole.) History itself is proof of this. A Coroners Perspective of Jefferson County, Alabama in the Early 20th Century. The book provides a review of Jefferson County during the turbulent first half of the 20th century as seen through the eyes of the coroners, law enforcement officials and news media during that time along with statistical comparisons to our current community. See Stevens v. State, 451 So. (Citations omitted.) 2d 538 (1973).". ComebackTown has published close to 500 columns over an almost 10 year period with a lot of guest columnists. The appellant was indicted for the capital offense of murder of a law enforcement officer, in violation of 13-11-2(a)(5) (repealed), Code of Alabama (1975). 2d 1109, 1111 (Ala. Cr.App.1982). During each trial Anderson would be prosecuted and defended by two tenacious attorneys, David Barber, later to become the District Attorney of Jefferson County and by William Clark, who was likely responsible for Anderson not receiving the death penalty. As the appellant points out in his brief, the United States Supreme Court has held that due process protects a defendant against conviction unless there is proof beyond a reasonable doubt. It .. And yes him and his klansmans were brought up in Beluhas case ..she broke the klan but they changed the names and. After losing sight of appellant, Officer Newfield stated that he heard gunshots. He stated that his partner said, "Halt, police," after which the black male began to run. See also Mathews v. Gibbs, 238 Ga. 680, 235 S.E.2d 3 (1977) (holding that the appellant was ineligible to contest the election because he had been convicted of "felonies involving moral turpitude" and was thus not eligible to vote). 2d 693 (1957). denied, 295 Ala. 398, 325 So. 1347, 1358 (M.D.Ala.1986); where a black nurse filed a discrimination suit against a hospital on the basis of adverse employment decisions, Davis v. State University of New York, 802 F.2d 638, 644-45 (2d Cir.1986); where minority police officers brought a civil rights action alleging employment discrimination, Minority Police Officers Association v. City of South Bend, 617 F. Supp. More so, why would anyone ask Sher to speak in a private or public forum with this focus on negativity ?Or does he chande his stance based on the audience ? Thereafter, the defense counsel moved for a mistrial and the trial court denied the motion, but allowed the defense counsel to question Mrs. White concerning whether there had been any contact between the victim's widow and her. App.1986). Josephus R. Anderson was indicted by the Jefferson County Grand Jury on December 7, 1979, for robbery. Maybe its time to have this type of format used for promotion for the development of this city instead of the dark history of this nation and our part of it. As the State points out in its brief, the Alabama Supreme Court's decision in Anderson is binding on this court. 2d at 231. The parties further stipulated that all the other jurors who had heard any of the pretrial publicity stated they could disregard their recollections and base their verdict on the testimony they heard during the trial. a black man, Josephus Anderson, accused of murdering a white policeman. 2d 96 (Ala.Cr.App.1976). Two members of the Klan group were very upset and began driving around Mobile in search of a black person to attack. Officer R.E. 2d 344 (Ala.Cr. In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 90 S. Ct. 1068, 25 L. Ed. 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. Prior to a fourth trial, the appellant filed a petition for a writ of mandamus, claiming that a fourth trial would violate his due process rights and double jeopardy. 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. The record reveals no prejudice caused to the appellant because of the failure to make these two prior transcripts a part of the record. 2d 871, 874 (Ala.Cr.App.1978), cert. Anderson's case was moved from Birmingham to Mobile, Alabama in a change of venue. 2d 446 (Ala.1984). In Childersburg, AL, my mothers. 2d 600 (1966); Estes v. Texas, 381 U.S. 532, 85 S. Ct. 1628, 14 L. Ed. 2d 589 (1975). denied, 416 U.S. 973, 94 S. Ct. 1998, 40 L. Ed. 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.'" Officer Middleton testified that he saw the fleeing man pull out a gun so he jumped out of the patrol car. The judge stated: We view this as a matter wholly within the discretion of the trial court. dsher@amsher.com. But this chain of events happened between 1979 and 1987just 34 years ago. 2d 777, 786 (Ala.Cr.App.1985), judgment affirmed by Ex parte Wilhite, 485 So. On December 18, 1979, the Honorable William N. Clark was appointed to represent appellant in this cause. 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. Jones v. State, 469 So. When Donald approached the car, he was forced at gunpoint to get inside. See e.g. Jorden - Josephus . 2d 1014 (Ala.Cr.App.1982). Hays and Knowles motioned to ask Donald directions to a night club. 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. Appellant also contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a trial continuance. 2d 142 (1971). Officer Middleton identified appellant as the fleeing man. 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. 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." During each trial Anderson would be prosecuted and defended by two tenacious attorneys, David Barber, later to become the District Attorney of Jefferson County and by William Clark, who was likely responsible for Anderson not receiving the death penalty. App.1986). Further, the Court stated that the record indicated that the defense counsel had at least "some transcription of the testimony of several witnesses, since he referred the witnesses to their previous testimony on several occasions during cross-examination." The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. However, this court has recently quoted the pertinent language from Dickerson in Barton v. State, 494 So. William, I very much appreciate you following ComebackTown and for your feedback. 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. 2d 173, 176 (Ala. Cr.App.1983). Black people should support this annexation as well as any annexation done by mostly Black central cities. When you read about lynchings and the KKK in Alabama, you expect to be reading about incidents that happened 100 years ago. 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. The trial judge then offered to exclude the answer *304 and to give an appropriate jury instruction. April 14, 1987. 200 block 19th Street.". The appellant cites Dickerson v. Alabama, 667 F.2d 1364 (11th Cir.1982), cert. 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." I welcome your comments. 95. Members of Unit 900 of the United Klans of America declared that justice for the white officer would never happen because there was a black man on the jury. More Information on this Page. 1976); Edson v. State, 53 Ala.App. Anderson was. This was likely related to the lack of positive eyewitness identification of Anderson as the person who shot Ballard and questions regarding ballistic evidence. The record indicates that before the jury venire was present, the defense counsel moved for a continuance, stating that during the week prior to this hearing he had received a letter from the prosecutor stating that, pursuant to a conversation with the former deputy district attorney, he had become aware of two additional witnesses. Click here to sign up for our newsletter. 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 92 (1973).'" *294 Douglas H. Scofield and William N. Clark, Birmingham, for appellant. A Coroners Perspective of Jefferson County, Alabama in the Early 20th Century. The book provides a review of Jefferson County during the turbulent first half of the 20th century as seen through the eyes of the coroners, law enforcement officials and news media during that time along with statistical comparisons to our current community. Josephus Anderson was first married to Elizabeth Fencey, She died 10-29-1871. The 1981 Lynching that Bankrupted an Alabama KKK. Newfield broadcast his movements to police headquarters and stated that the man continued walking in a calm manner, occasionally glancing in Newfield's direction. 2d 549 (1970), quoting Brown v. Allen, 344 U.S. *302 443, 474, 73 S. Ct. 397, 416, 97 L. Ed. Many have left due to job availability and desire for betterment for themselves and their family. This was likely related to the lack of positive eyewitness identification of Anderson as the person who shot Ballard and questions regarding ballistic evidence. The trial court denied the motion for mistrial, stating that he did not think the statement was prejudicial taken in the context "of the nature of the question and where we were in questioning the witness." He is the author of the recently published book Life and Death in the Magic City. In view of the totality of the circumstances, we do not find the in-court identification of the appellant tainted by the exhibition of his photographs to witnesses Tapscott and Hall. 2d 222 (1985). Appellant's contention that he was denied his right to counsel for state criminal prosecutions as established by Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 S. Ct. 792, 9 L. Ed. I'm hit bad. See, e.g., McKinney v. Wainwright, 488 F.2d 28 (5th Cir. 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. Did you know Birmingham had a counterculture? Bracy v. State, 473 So. Ms. Tapscott further stated this man was carrying a brownish-yellow paper sack. When you read about lynchings and the KKK in Alabama, you expect to be reading about incidents that happened 100 years ago. PS Jay, congratulations on your book! Goodwin v. State, 516 So. The motel swimming pool after being shot Edson v. 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