Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama May 13, 1986 (Brown v. State)

ON REHEARING Connie Brown was convicted for the manslaughter of his seven-year-old daughter, Dondie Kaye, and sentenced to eight *Page 662 years' imprisonment. Two issues are raised on appeal. I The defendant argues that his motion for new trial should have been granted because of the repeated attempts of the prosecutor to establish that the defendant had problems with drugs and alcohol.