AL Political Reporter: “The Alabama Supreme Court is into fiction writing.
Maybe this trek was inevitable, given its disregard for the truth and facts in so many of the opinions issued by the high court, but still, it’s somewhat surprising to see it. To see, for example, a couple of justices from the state’s highest court essentially adopt a narrative espoused by a man convicted of manslaughter and present it in writing – as part of an opinion – as if it were factual.
But that’s just what Justice Jay Mitchell has done. And what Justice Tommy Bryan appears to agree with.
They did so as the court upheld the manslaughter conviction of former Montgomery Police officer Aaron Cody Smith.”