William Dale Watson v. William Streeter, Warden, et al.
HabeasCorpus
Did the Alabama Criminal Court of Appeals err in affirming Watson's conviction despite alleged jurisdictional defects, inadmissible evidence, and prosecutorial misconduct?
QUESTION(s) presented 1. Mr. Watson alleged the circuit court did not have the jurisdiction to try his case or sentence him, due to his Forged waiver of arraignment by an officer of the court. Did the circuit court have jurisdiction to try Watson's case and sentence him? ; 2. Plain error occurred when the State entered evidence which the circuit court had stated was inadmissible because of the victims age. The state disregarded this instruction and entered the inadmissible evidence, giving the jury a chance to hear evidence that . was not related to Watson's case, which allowed the jury to find Watso guility in regards to E.B. Did the Alabama Criminal Court of Appeals error when it overlooked the plain error in Watson's case? 3. The circuit court did not request the State to "elect" as to ‘which charge a conviction was sought, preventing the jury from knowing which charge went with each count. The Alabama Court of Crim~inal Appeals errored when it affirmed the circuit court, which was contrary to other similar ruling, without knowing what charges Watson was convicted of and neither knows either. Should the ALA. Crim. CT. of App. reversed and remanded Watson's case back to the lower court? . i 4. The prosecutor's misconduct was shown several times during Watson's trial. First he totally disregarded the court's in limine with regards to E.B. when she was over the age of twelve. The prosecutor entered evidence that was inadmissible due to E.B.'s : age.The prosecutor also asked an improper question, changing the age of E.B, stating she was only eleven yrs old when he already knew she was twelve. Next the prosecutor had prior knowledge of several of the victims visiting Watson and never said anything to the jury about it, if he would said anything it would of showed the victims testimony false. Was the prosecutor's actions enough for a mistrial and was Watson denied a fair trial and impartial jury due to the prosecu| tors actions? ii oy 4 ee % ;