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		<title>Can you impeach your own witness in Alabama? Rule 607 provides the answer.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2017 16:08:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An issue that still arises during trials, especially jury trials, is whether a party can impeach their own witness. Impeaching your own witness means that you are attacking the testimony and/or credibility of a witness that you put on the stand to testify in the case. So, for example, if the State calls a person [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hurricane Irma Courthouse Closures</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2017 12:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Due to weather conditions created by Hurricane Irma, the following Alabama county courthouses will be closed on September 11, 2017: Barbour Blount Bullock Calhoun Chambers Cherokee Clay Cleburne Coffee Coosa Dale Elmore Etowah Geneva Henry Houston Lee Macon Montgomery (including Heflin-Torbert Judicial Building) Pike Randolph Russell St. Clair Talladega Tallapoosa Federal courthouses in the Middle [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Drug Forfeiture Appeals &#8211; Car forfeiture reversed based on innocent owner defense</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:07:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Alabama asset forfeiture law provides an extensive list of items that law enforcement officers can seize in connection with drug crimes. Under Alabama Code Section 20-2-93(a)(5) (1975), this list includes your car if it is used to sell or transport drugs. Although appeals of convictions for controlled substance crimes are appealed to the Alabama Court [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alabama Forfeiture Statute &#8211; Ala. Code Section 20-2-92 Drug Crime Forfeitures</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:04:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A common problem faced by people arrested on drug charges in Alabama is that law enforcement is also seeking to seize their property under Alabama&#8217;s forfeiture statute. Because this issue arises so frequently in court, we have copied Alabama&#8217;s forfeiture statute below for easy reference for our readers. Section 20-2-93 Forfeitures; seizures. (a) The following [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Motion for Mistrial for undisclosed evidence in Alabama felony cases must be timely made</title>
		<link>http://williampfeifer.com/2017/01/25/12/57/40/appeals/motion-for-mistrial-for-undisclosed-evidence-in-alabama-felony-cases-must-be-timely-made/4343</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William L. Pfeifer, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 17:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are a variety of situations in Alabama criminal trials that may cause a judge to declare a mistrial, or at least cause one of the attorneys to request one. One of the times where a motion for a mistrial may be appropriate is where the prosecutor has failed to provide evidence to the defense and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alabama prison rape, violence, overcrowding, and abuse investigated by Department of Justice (DOJ)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William L. Pfeifer, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2016 21:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has launched an investigation into the rampant problems of rape, violence, overcrowding, and abuse in the Alabama prison system. The investigation concerns various forms of abuse by other inmates as well as by the prison guards who are supposed to be supervising them. The investigation is discussed in detail [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Motion to continue trial due to an absent or unavailable witness &#8211; appealing the denial of a continuance in Alabama criminal court cases (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2014 03:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the complications of jury trials is simply managing to get all the witnesses to court. In some situations, a defendant in a criminal trial may need to file a motion to continue his or her trial because an important defense witness is absent or unavailable for the trial. Obtaining a continuance on these [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alabama appellate lawyer video &#8211; new video on Alabama appeals added to YouTube</title>
		<link>http://williampfeifer.com/2014/12/10/16/52/19/appeals/alabama-appellate-lawyer-video-new-video-on-alabama-appeals-added-to-youtube/4296</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2014 21:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our office has created a new YouTube page called AlabamaAppellate, which is where we will start posting videos on issues that come up in Alabama appeals. The first video is a simple introductory video about our law firm. In future videos, we will address the same kinds of substantive legal issues we currently discuss on [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alabama &#8216;McLendon standard&#8217; in child custody modification appeals</title>
		<link>http://williampfeifer.com/2014/05/19/15/45/03/appeals/alabama-mclendon-standard-in-child-custody-modification-appeals/4292</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William L. Pfeifer, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2014 19:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our Alabama appellate law practice often handles custody issues in post-divorce modification cases. These are situations where the parties have already gone through a divorce, one party was awarded custody, and then the other party has later filed a petition seeking to modify the earlier custody decree. A critical issue that arises in custody modification [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>AAJ Paralegal of the Year Award &#8211; Nominations Now Open</title>
		<link>http://williampfeifer.com/2014/05/19/11/19/35/law-practice-management/aaj-paralegal-of-the-year-award-nominations-now-open/4289</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William L. Pfeifer, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2014 15:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The American Association for Justice (AAJ) is now accepting nominations for their Paralegal of the Year Award for 2014. Sponsored by Advocate Capital, the award is to recognize the work of Paralegal Affiliate members of the AAJ for their service and commitment to the paralegal profession. The winner will be selected by a panel of judges who will consider the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alabama Appellate Briefs &#8211; Citation to the Record on Appeal</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William L. Pfeifer, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2014 18:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An issue that sometimes arises in Alabama appellate court practice is the failure of a party to provide proper citations to the record on appeal. The record on appeal refers to the compilation of the trial transcript, trial exhibits, and the pleadings on record in the clerk&#8217;s office. Whenever the writer of an appellate brief [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lawyer Gifts &#8211; Recommended Books for New Lawyers or Law Students</title>
		<link>http://williampfeifer.com/2014/02/22/00/01/25/books/lawyer-gifts-recommended-books-for-new-lawyers-or-law-students/4271</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William L. Pfeifer, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Feb 2014 05:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am sometimes asked by new lawyers or law students if there are any books I would recommend that they read as part of developing their career in the legal profession. The specific books I recommend may vary according to the particular interests of the person, but there are four books that I think should [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Avvo and Alabama Law &#8211; Useful but Beware of Bad Legal Advice on Avvo</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William L. Pfeifer, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2014 01:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Avvo.com is a useful website where you can learn about attorneys, post questions, and get free legal advice on a variety of topics on Alabama law. I have written several articles about Avvo in the past when I wrote for About.com, and overall I think they have a good system. I am also honored that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Etowah County Criminal Defense &#8211; Electronic Filing Returns for Criminal Cases</title>
		<link>http://williampfeifer.com/2014/01/27/23/42/25/criminal-procedure/etowah-county-criminal-defense-electronic-filing-returns-for-criminal-cases/4261</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William L. Pfeifer, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2014 04:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Etowah County Presiding Circuit Judge Wm. Allen Millican issued an order earlier this month permitting attorneys to use electronic filing for motions, documents, and orders in criminal cases. While most courts in the State of Alabama have been permitting this for some time, the Etowah County Circuit Court in July of 2011 ordered that electronic [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Alabama Prison Life &#8211; Another Reason to Appeal Felony Convictions in Alabama</title>
		<link>http://williampfeifer.com/2014/01/17/20/55/38/appeals/alabama-prison-life-another-reason-to-appeal-felony-convictions-in-alabama/4252</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[William L. Pfeifer, Jr.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jan 2014 01:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are many reasons to appeal a felony conviction in Alabama. One of the biggest reasons is that the living conditions in Alabama prisons are terrible. Surprisingly, the prison conditions for women are often much worse than for the men. This has been recently documented by a federal investigation into the condition at the Julia [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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