2d 589 (1975). Thus, the appellant claims that this tally should raise a reasonable doubt as to the validity of the jury verdict. 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. The defense counsel made a motion for mistrial because of this filming on three separate occasions. Sitting in his patrol car, Sgt. He stated that he made photographs of the scene and photocopies of the travelers checks found near appellant. The appellant argues that his conviction in his fourth trial, following three mistrials, should be barred on the basis of double jeopardy. 2d 44 (Ala.1979). She identified the *295 appellant as the man who robbed the Jefferson Federal Savings and Loan Association. 2d 99 (1975), the amount of money or the value of property taken is immaterial in a robbery prosecution. Officer Newfield stated that after hearing the report he went outside the Sears building. Jorden - Josephus . See Stevens v. State, 451 So. Anderson and ?? 2d 787 (Ala.1986). Josephus Anderson See Photos Lives in Freetown, Sierra Leone Josephus Anderson See Photos Josephus Anderson See Photos Works at Self Employed (Business) Lives in Freetown, Sierra Leone Josephus Anderson See Photos Josephus Anderson See Photos Lives in Birmingham, Alabama Josephus Anderson See Photos Josephus Anderson See Photos 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." Officer Newfield stated that he followed appellant until he turned off Second Alley at 12th Street. 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. The suspect turned and fired at the officers and then ran into the area of the Southern Motor Inn Motel. In re Winship, 397 U.S. 358, 90 S. Ct. 1068, 25 L. Ed. 1978). Shortly after the broadcast concerning the robbery in progress, Sergeant Ballard had a conversation with another officer by radio. 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 ? ), cert. 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. 2d 693 (1957). . After arriving at the bank, Officer Erwin stated that Jill Tapscott gave him a description of the robber which he then relayed over the police radio. Thus, there is no adverse ruling for this court to review. I didnt know everything. 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. Josephus Dekoning currently lives in Anderson, AL; in the past Josephus has also lived in Orland Park IL, Monee IL and Steger IL. Sheppard v. Maxwell, 384 U.S. 333, *307 86 S. Ct. 1507, 16 L. Ed. We know that Joseph . Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Sergeant Ballard died as the result of three gunshot wounds. In the week leading up to his murder, Mobile had become a hotbed of Klan activity due to the trial of Josephus Anderson, a Black man accused of killing a white police officer during an armed. They had the following children: Isreal, Alfred, Levi & Mary Jane. Joseph Anderson in Alabama 269 people named Joseph Anderson found in Mobile, Huntsville and 12 other cities. Goodwin v. State, 516 So. Appellant's murder trials, both of which resulted in "hung juries," were had in Mobile, Alabama, because of extensive publicity surrounding the robbery-murder. A mistrial was declared. However, starting with the Declaration of Independence, SOME Americans began to change that. 2d 697, 699 (Ala.Cr.App.1982)." Appellant also filed a motion to produce and a motion for change of venue on May 6, 1981. 2d 1109, 1111 (Ala. Cr.App.1982). This issue was also decided adversely to the appellant in Anderson, supra, wherein despite the Court's recognition that the appellant presented a valid argument and that, under certain circumstances, retrials may result in a breach of due process, such is not the case under the facts at hand. This comment is on the side story of Mobile annexation. Alabama 36108 . All rights reserved (About Us). 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 1083, 1089 (Ala.Cr. The appellant argues that the trial court erred in excepting the victim's widow from the rule. Your email address will not be published. 2d 1014 (Ala.Cr.App.1982). 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. Josephus Anderson, age 79, would die from natural causes in March, 2021, while serving his life sentence in Holman prison. As to the trial court's refusal to grant a continuance because of pre-trial publicity concerning other crimes involving police, the record indicates that the defense counsel's motion was based on a killing of a police officer and an attempt to shoot an officer, both of which occurred shortly before this trial, and a prosecution of a Ku Klux Klan member for the killing of a black man, which was purportedly motivated by the jury's inability to reach a verdict in the defendant's three prior trials. To ensure that Michael Donald was dead, Henry Hays cut the mans neck three times. By B.J. Historical Person Search Search Search Results Results Josephus Marion"Buster" Anderson Jr (1905 - 1979) . Hollars University of Alabama Press, $24.95 Reviewed by SCOTTY E. KIRKLAND Correspondent In 1979, Sgt. I totally agree! We note that, at the time of appellant's trial for robbery, he had previously been tried twice for the murder of Officer Eugene Ballard who was killed immediately after the robbery. denied, 389 U.S. 1048, 88 S. Ct. 768, 19 L. Ed. There his beaten body hung from the tree until all life left it. I grew. *301 The analysis and holding in Hunter have since been used where black citizens challenged the constitutionality of an at-large method of electing county commissioners and school board members, Dillard v. Crenshaw County, 640 F. Supp. 2d 992, 994 (Ala.Cr. He specifically argues that editorials appearing in the Birmingham Post Herald after the second mistrial of his murder trial in Mobile emphatically stated that appellant was guilty of the robbery charge. Built it back .. , Your email address will not be published. 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. (Opt out at any time). Frank Erwin, a Birmingham police officer, testified that he received a call around 3:30 p.m. on November 29, 1979, to go to the Jefferson Federal Savings and Loan on the corner of Fifth Avenue and 20th Street. The objective of ComebackTown is to create conversations that encourage people to talk about the good and bad of our region to make our future better. 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. 2d 226 (1974). But this chain of events happened between 1979 and 1987just 34 years ago. "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." Eventually, Hays and Knowles were convicted of the murder of Michael Donald. Born in 25 Sep 1861 and died in 15 Jul 1927 Epes, Alabama Josephus Marion Anderson I Skip to main content Home Memorials Cemeteries Famous Contribute Register Sign In Register Sign In Memorial updated successfully. Memorial has been sponsored successfully. The 1981 Lynching that Bankrupted an Alabama KKK. Charles A. Graddick, Atty. 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. 2d 768 (Ala.1986). She stated that Ms. Hill was attempting to open the bank safe. 363, 279 So. Refine Your Search Results. 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. 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. The petitioner, Josephus Anderson, was indicted on December 7, 1979, in Jefferson County for the November 29th capital murder of Officer Albert Eugene Ballard. A defendant has the right to have his trial removed to another county if he cannot receive a fair and impartial trial in the county in which the indictment is found. App.1981); and Pritchett v. State, 445 So. Id., at 687, citing Bailey v. State, 398 So. The appellant contends that his rights to equal protection and due process were violated by the trial court's failure to strike the entire venire on the basis of Hunter v. Underwood, 471 U.S. 222, 105 S. Ct. 1916, 85 L. Ed. After the perpetrator left the bank, one of the employees pulled an alarm that is connected to the Birmingham Police Department. Do you know that the majority of our younger citizens want to move forward and desire to look toward a future of prosperity for all? I'm hit bad. App.1982). He observed a man fitting that description coming out of an alley; he therefore began to follow him. Appellant also contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a trial continuance. Specifically, the appellant alleges that the State was allowed to indirectly "purposely exclude blacks from serving on a jury," an act which the State is not permitted to do directly, i.e., use its peremptory challenges to systematically exclude blacks. Yeah, no more ads! She described the man as approximately 6 feet tall, weighing 180 pounds, wearing "a brown leather hat with a little visor and a light weight wool sweater with blue and white stripes going across the chest"; he was also wearing a jacket. The body was left hanging from a tree in a mixed-race neighborhood in Mobile. When you read about lynchings and the KKK in Alabama, you expect to be reading about incidents that happened 100 years ago. And. Ms. Tapscott testified that she herself gave the robber over $13,000 in American Express Travelers Checks. Fourteen of the twenty-seven jurors had some recollection of the events surrounding the robbery. Charles A. Graddick, Atty. 2d 818 (Ala.Cr. Hunter v. Underwood, supra, 471 U.S. at 227, 105 S. Ct. at 1920, 85 L. Ed. Absent a showing of actual prejudicial influence on the jury, the trial court's denial of a motion for continuance will not be reversed. 500 So. 1981); Singleton v. Lefkowitz, 583 F.2d 618 (2d Cir.1978). Josephus & Sarah had the following children: John Phalen, Albanus Lonzo, Arletha & Minnie L. After Josephus died in 1886 Sarah married . Jay Glass retired as Chief Deputy Coroner following 35 years of service with the Jefferson County Coroner/Medical Examiner Office. This man was later identified as Josephus Anderson, an individual with a long history of violent criminal activity. 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. 2d 1079 (Ala.Cr. We have to look both (past and present) in the eye and acknowledge them, but more importantly, understand what they say about who we are as a species, so we can aim higher and go forward.. ), cert. https://comebacktown.com/2021/08/31/how-birmingham-is-totally-unique/, Local entrepreneur sells company for $1.2 billionbig win for Birmingham, Man wakes from 35-year cryogenic freeze to find a new Birmingham. Officer Yester stated that, after she finished her duties at the branch office, she went to the Southern Motor Inn Motel where appellant had been apprehended. Except where inherently prejudicial publicity has so saturated the community as to have a probable impact upon the prospective jurors, the trial court's main responsibility with regard to allegedly prejudicial pre-trial publicity is to determine whether, as the result of such publicity, it is reasonably unlikely that the defendant can secure a fair and impartial trial. 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. denied, 368 So. 2d 677 (Ala.1980); Turk v. State, 348 So. In Alabama, "the statutory prerequisite to jury service requiring the absence of any conviction of an offense involving moral turpitude is an absolute" and mandates disqualification if a prospective juror falls in that category. Another witness testified that she observed the officer in the police car call the man over to his car. 2d 543 (1965). Working together, the two men pulled Michael Donalds body up over a tree limb. Sitting in his patrol car, Sgt. Two experts testified that they believed that the bullets found in Sergeant Ballard's body and his car were fired from the pistol taken from the appellant. When the jury returned, the trial court gave extensive instructions as to the nature of Mrs. White's response and further instructed the jury to disregard that answer. Michael's body was crumpled from beatings and his neck slashed. See Barton v. State, 494 So. Skip Ancestry main menu Main Menu. The appellant argues that because jury lists are customarily taken from the voter registration list, he should have been allowed to interview the individual who did the preliminary voir dire examination, to determine if jurors were excluded from the venire on the basis of convictions of crimes involving moral turpitude. After losing sight of appellant, Officer Newfield stated that he heard gunshots. Required fields are marked *. The trial judge then offered to exclude the answer *304 and to give an appropriate jury instruction. He again argues that, because of pretrial publicity some two months prior to his trial, the trial should have been postponed to a later date. Both concluded that Michael Donald was hung as a result of a drug deal gone bad. Clearly, these facts were undisputed. Josephus Anderson was first married to Elizabeth Fencey, She died 10-29-1871. Get free summaries of new Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals opinions delivered to your inbox! In 1981, Josephus Anderson, an African American charged with the murder of a white policeman in Birmingham, Alabama, during an armed robbery, was tried in Mobile, where the case had been moved in a change of venue. "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."'" "A reversal of a conviction because of the trial court's refusal to grant a continuance requires `a positive demonstration of abuse of judicial discretion.'" He argues that these jurors indicated on voir dire questioning that their recollection of events surrounding the robbery and later murder of Officer Ballard would affect their judgment. A court may not, however, refuse to grant a reasonable continuance for the purpose of obtaining defense witnesses where it has been shown that the desired testimony would be relevant and material to the defense. 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.'" Jones v. State, 469 So. 6 records for Josephus Anderson. The appellant was ordered to stop, but did not do so. And we have overcome much already, with a only little yet to go. Hunter v. Underwood, supra, 471 U.S. at 228, 105 S. Ct. at 1920, 85 L. Ed. The lynching of Michael Donald - March 20, 1981. Obviously you care a lot about Birminghamas do I. I think its important we keep talking. Lopez v. State, 415 So. Wasnt the trial moved to Mobile at some point? The younger generation should be encouraged to move ahead of this as they desire. (Citations omitted.) On cross-examination, she testified that the appellant looked like the man that she saw. Our current day is proof of it. There has been no showing made as to the expected testimony of either witness, or as to "the nature and materiality of the evidence sought" of those witnesses. Joseph Anderson in Birmingham, AL 35 results - Joseph Anderson may also have lived outside of Birmingham, such as Huntsville, Mobile and 2 other cities in Alabama. 2d at 231. 2d 1173 (Ala.1979). Ellis v. State, 338 So. Get free summaries of new Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals opinions delivered to your inbox! denied by Alabama v. Dickerson, 459 U.S. 878, 103 S. Ct. 173, 74 L. Ed. 2d 446 (Ala.1984): "In Clements v. State, 390 So. Clickhereto sign up for ournewsletter. Gen., Patricia E. Guthrie, Asst. Did you know Birmingham had a counterculture? Circuit Judge Susan Jordan sentenced Josephus Anderson, 27, Wednesday, March 27, to serve three to 30 years in prison for one felony count of perjury to run concurrently with his current. The record indicates that the prospective jurors indicated that despite their knowledge of the events concerning the shootings of the police officers, they could remain impartial and would base their decision on the evidence presented. Ballard was shot and killed by Josephus Anderson, who was fleeing a bank robbery. Starr and McCormick, Jury Selection 35 (1985). Even assuming that the statute, Section 12-16-60(a)(4), was applied and that this issue is preserved despite the defense counsel's failure to file a written motion to quash the venire, see Chambliss v. State, 373 So. Sergeant Albert Eugene Ballard, the victim, was in uniform on the day in question. Appellant argues that his in-court identification by witnesses Tapscott and Hill resulted in prejudicial error since their identifications were based on suggestive pretrial photographic identification procedures. After a review of the issues raised, we deny the relief sought. *294 Douglas H. Scofield and William N. Clark, Birmingham, for appellant. His wife was Logan Anderson His parents were G.I. Appellant was viewed by the witnesses in a well-lighted building, in the daylight hours, for approximately five minutes and within a close proximity. He is the author of the recently published book Life and Death in the Magic City. In 1984, the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the United Klans of America. (Emphasis added in Poole.) 2d 1131, 1132 (Ala.Crim.App. However, *1368 the defendant has the burden of showing to the reasonable satisfaction of the court that a fair and impartial trial cannot be had and an unbiased verdict cannot be reasonably expected. A black man, who was tall and wore a long coat which was either black or dark brown, walked out to the police car. I can think of now one that helps, ancept those who want to stir up the flames. 2d 344 (1977); Murphy v. Florida, 421 U.S. 794, 95 S. Ct. 2031, 44 L. Ed. This court denied the petition and that decision was affirmed by the Alabama Supreme Court. denied, Ex parte Clements, 390 So. She further testified that the man took money and American Express travelers checks and put them in a paper bag and left the bank. Dr. King hoped we would use different criteria to judge other INDIVIDUALS. Anderson v. State, 362 So. Colston v. State, 57 Ala.App. Memorialize Joseph's life with photos and stories about him and the Anderson family history and genealogy. Gast v. State, 232 Ala. 307, 310, 167 So. Gen., and William D. Little, Asst. Bell v. State, 339 So. 2d 726 (Ala.Cr.App.1985), reversed on other grounds, Ex parte Jackson, 516 So. I say do not hide it, but why do we need to blast our bad history. The judge stated: We view this as a matter wholly within the discretion of the trial court. We cant rewrite OR I write that history. The officers in this police car returned his fire and the appellant fell again near the motel swimming pool after being shot. 1977). Joseph Mitchell Anderson, 57 . Birmingham is dyinga rebuttal to an editorial, Hope for Birmingham hikers, bikers, and runners. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Decisions. Obviously some guest columnist would like to educate about our past so we can learn from our mistakes. The men drove the car to the next county into a secluded and wooded area. 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. Ms. Tapscott stated that, when the black man saw her walk into the front office, he also pointed the gun at her. Upon calling him over to his car, Anderson leaned into the vehicle and shot Ballard several times and then ran away. However, the defense counsel stated that approximately two days later, at a hearing, the prosecutor identified the other witness as being Shirley Stewart, but stated that he had no information as to her whereabouts. Gen., for appellee. Im sure you read Richard Dickersons piece a few weeks back promoting that effort. See e.g. Similarly, in the case at bar, the record indicates that the same attorney who represents the appellant on this appeal also represented him during his third trial, and has been acting as his attorney at least since 1979. *1365 Orson L. Johnson, Birmingham, for appellant. Ms. Tapscott stated that Shannon Hill gave the robber some rolls of change and "marked" money from her teller drawer. She testified that the police car then ran into a utility pole and stopped. She testified that she then heard three shots and observed the man whirl around with a gun. All the Judges concur, except BOWEN, P.J., who concurs in the result only. Officer Newfield testified that he then ran in the direction of the sound of the gunshots which led him to the Southern Motor Inn Motel. Rhoden Josephus Living in 62 Anderson Street Talladega Alabama, Phone: 256-358-7224, Email: josephus5219@gmail.com, Relatives: Available. 2d 451 (Ala.Cr.App.1981). On December 18, 1979, the Honorable William N. Clark was appointed to represent appellant in this cause. denied, 372 So. Jesse Jackson and other civil rights activists demanded that the investigation remain open, which it did. The prosecution of Josephus Anderson for the murder of Officer Ballard would then commence a long 5 1/2 year process which would include four trials, the first three of which would end in hung juries. These columns certainly prove that Birmingham and Alabama are much better now. In 1987, the jury awarded $7 million in the wrongful-death case to the Donald family. . You already receive all suggested Justia Opinion Summary Newsletters. 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. 2d 368 (1970). 2d 877 (Ala.1979). Therefore, this examination will look to the history of this statute and the legislative purpose thereof under the application of the holding in Hunter. 2d 167 (Ala.Cr.App. The killing had occurred in Birmingham, Alabama, but the trial had been moved to Mobile, Alabama. 2d 774 (1966). Mrs. White testified that aside from the introduction, nothing else occurred. 2d 549 (1970). 95. In retrospect, these unforeseen consequences can be indirectly traced back to that incident years before when Josephus Anderson survived being shot multiple times by police officers in a Birmingham alley and which, in the end, would set a precedent for successful civil rights lawsuits against other racist hate groups. Guilt should be directed to the criminals of the crimes, not a rehash of HISTORY that most of us know. The police records showed that a radio transmission was made at 3:49 which stated, in substance, "Oh me, 200 block. 2d 799 (1963), is without merit. While committing a robbery, Josephus Anderson murdered a white police officer in Birmingham, Alabama. 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. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Frazier v. State, 528 So. 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. will raise their ugly head in future generations, perhaps in different ways, over and over. Officer Middleton identified appellant as the fleeing man. The judgment of conviction is affirmed. I am proud to have been a part of that history, for good and for bad. 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