"The law itself is on trial in every case as well as the cause before it."
— Harlan F. Stone

January 1, 1970

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Reported variously, including in Harris v. State, 632 So. 2d 503, 543 (Ala. Crim. App. 1992), Judge Mark Montiel, dissenting. Original source not found.