Did you know Birmingham had a counterculture? Lopez v. State, 415 So. 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. But it is HISTORY, an important part of how things DID eventually change. However, we note that defense counsel and the district attorney entered a stipulation which said that two prospective jurors from the venire who stated they could not disregard previous news accounts of the case were dismissed from the venire and replaced by two who were unaware of the surrounding publicity. McMILLAN, Judge. She identified the *295 appellant as the man who robbed the Jefferson Federal Savings and Loan Association. 500 So. Josephus ANDERSON v. STATE. Anderson and ?? After careful review of the record, we find no prejudicial error of the trial court's ruling. Id. 2d 344 (Ala.Cr. Section 12-16-60, Code of Alabama (1975), as amended in 1978, reads in pertinent part: The constitutionality of this subsection and its mandatory application to a prospective juror, has not been examined and, in light of the finding in Hunter that denying the vote to persons convicted of certain crimes, including "any crime involving moral turpitude" is unconstitutional, we feel that the constitutionality of this requirement should be explored. The Alabama Supreme Court in Poole, supra, emphasizes that the conviction of a crime of moral turpitude can be a ground for disqualification under 12-16-60(a)(4) only if a person has lost his right to vote.[2]. 2d 1247 [at 1248] (Ala.Crim.App.1985) (citation omitted).". Bell v. State, 339 So. That above rule "clearly applies to cases where the continuance is sought due to an absent witness." 6 records for Josephus Anderson. We cannot erase those portions of our past that , at the time May have seemed very strange and threatening. App.1986), quoting Johnson v. State, 378 So. 2d 645 (1968), and neither was adopted for nor promoted the purpose of fostering racial discrimination. David Shers ComebackTown giving voice to the people of Birmingham & Alabama. Officer Newfield stated that he followed appellant until he turned off Second Alley at 12th Street. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. This was likely related to the lack of positive eyewitness identification of Anderson as the person who shot Ballard and questions regarding ballistic evidence. Certain acts can have important unintended consequences. Police officers chased Anderson into an alley at Third Avenue and 13th Street North where a gun battle ensued and Anderson was shot multiple times and captured. Absent a showing of actual prejudicial influence on the jury, the trial court's denial of a motion for continuance will not be reversed. Since jurors in Arizona must be electors, convicted felons cannot serve as jurors since they cannot vote, unless their civil rights are restored." 2d 538 (1973).". 1330 (N.D.Ind.1985); where an employee alleged discrimination on the basis of his religion, Blalock v. Metals Trades, Inc., 775 F.2d 703, 710-11 (6th Cir.1985); and where a convicted black felon challenged a Tennessee statute which disfranchised convicted felons, Wesley v. Collins, 791 F.2d 1255, 1261-63 (6th Cir.1986) (citing Green v. Board of Elections of City of New York, 380 F.2d 445 (2d Cir.1967), cert. Hays and Knowles motioned to ask Donald directions to a night club. When Donald attempted to escape by running away, he was caught and beaten with a tree branch. 2d 1211 (Ala.1979) we find that this statute is constitutional. 95. After he and his partner fired a shot at the fleeing suspect, the suspect fell. 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. 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. Furthermore, under 15-14-55, Code of Alabama (1975), "A victim of a criminal offense shall be exempt from the operation of rule of court, regulation, or statute or other law requiring the separation or exclusion of witnesses from court in criminal trials or hearings." Jesse Jackson and other civil rights activists demanded that the investigation remain open, which it did. 2d 543 (1965). 2d 428 (Ala.Cr.App. 2. 2d 877 (Ala.1979); Scruggs v. State, 359 So.2d *296 836, 842 (Ala.Cr.App. 1985). 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. The record firmly establishes the fact that appellant was most ably represented at all times during the disposition of his robbery case. Fourteen of the twenty-seven jurors had some recollection of the events surrounding the robbery. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google, Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Decisions. Id. See Stevens v. State, 451 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. The record firmly shows that appellant was indicted for robbery on December 7, 1979. Ms. Tapscott testified that she herself gave the robber over $13,000 in American Express Travelers Checks. The case was filed in the federal court in the Southern District of Alabama. 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 The Court further found no merit in the State's contention that despite the original purpose of 182, subsequent events had legitimated the provision, stating that "[w]ithout deciding whether 182 would be valid if enacted today without any impermissible motivation, we simply observe that its original enactment was motivated by a desire to discriminate against blacks on account of race and the section continues to this day to have that effect. https://comebacktown.com/2021/08/31/how-birmingham-is-totally-unique/. The killing had occurred in Birmingham, Alabama, but the trial had been moved to Mobile, Alabama. Ex parte Poole, 497 So.2d *303 537, 543 (Ala.1986). The appellant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his request for a continuance in order to locate and interview newly discovered witnesses. It is important for the next generations to know, so they can choose different paths, otherwise the negative forces of humankind (superiority of ones own group, setting profit and power as the ultimate goal and test of success, etc.) Carter v. Jury Comm'n, 396 U.S. 320, 90 S. Ct. 518, 24 L. Ed. He was observed pulling something from his bag or his belt, as he was being pursued by the police officers. App.1978). Records of the police department indicated that this "robbery-in-progress" broadcast was made at 3:34 p.m. A mistrial was declared. A jury, on Feb. 1, found Josephus Anderson, 27, guilty of perjury for lying at an evidentiary hearing where he recanted the testimony he made during Willie Anderson II's, trial in October 2015 . April 14, 1987. 2d 777, 786 (Ala.Cr.App.1985), judgment affirmed by Ex parte Wilhite, 485 So. Gen., Patricia E. Guthrie, Asst. In 1984, the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Alabama, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the United Klans of America. But this chain of events happened between 1979 and 1987just 34 years ago. Alabama Supreme Court 83-316. Cumbo v. State, 368 So. See, e.g., McKinney v. Wainwright, 488 F.2d 28 (5th Cir. An example of such a profound delayed effect with far-reaching social ramifications would have its origin in downtown Birmingham on the afternoon of November 29th, 1979 in front of Newberrys in the 200 block of 20th Street North. Andersons lawyers were granted a change of venue and the trial moved to Mobile, Alabama. Thus, the appellant claims that this tally should raise a reasonable doubt as to the validity of the jury verdict. 2d 1173 (Ala.1979). Officer Newfield stated that after hearing the report he went outside the Sears building. You can explore additional available newsletters here. Donald was beaten to death and his body hanged in a tree. 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. 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. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. 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. After Elizabeth died he married Sarah Chaney on August 6, 1872. will raise their ugly head in future generations, perhaps in different ways, over and over. 2d 683, 687 (Ala.Cr.App.1985). This thought experiment in comparison ponders a Black man's conviction that his Hebrew identity would make him immune to COVID-19. 1978). Appellant's murder trials, both of which resulted in "hung juries," were had in Mobile, Alabama, because of extensive publicity surrounding the robbery-murder. 2d 693 (1957). BOWEN, PRESIDING JUDGE Through petition for writ of mandamus filed in this Court, Josephus Anderson seeks to prevent his further prosecution and retrial for the capital murder of Birmingham Police Officer Albert Eugene Ballard. Albert Eugene Ballard, 46, and two days before being eligible to retire, saw a man walking on the sidewalk who fit the general description of the suspect. Jill Tapscott, branch manager of Jefferson Federal Savings and Loan on Fifth Avenue in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, testified that, on November 29, 1979, she was working at the branch office along with Shannon Hill and Jane Baird. The man was carrying a yellow sack. Can Birmingham become an entrepreneurial city? 2d 787 (Ala.1986). Gen., for appellee. She testified that the man reached into a bundle which he was carrying and pulled something out. denied by Alabama v. Dickerson, 459 U.S. 878, 103 S. Ct. 173, 74 L. Ed. 2d 1069, 1071 (Ala.1984), citing Beasley v. State, 39 Ala.App. The appellant cites Dickerson v. Alabama, 667 F.2d 1364 (11th Cir.1982), cert. *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. Ms. Hill identified the appellant as the man who robbed the bank on November 29, 1979. 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. Subsequent to appointment of counsel, Jefferson County Circuit Judge Wallace Gibson entered an order staying any further action on this robbery case pending the outcome of the homicide trial in Mobile County. In so doing, this group stated: American Bar Association, Standards Relating to Juror Use and Management 50 (1983). Thanks for the continued horrible and discussing HISTORY of Alabama and Birmingham. The appellant was ordered to stop, but did not do so. At approximately 3:30 p.m., Ms. Tapscott stated that she walked into the front of the branch office and saw a black male holding a gun on Shannon Hill, a bank employee. After the perpetrator left the bank, one of the employees pulled an alarm that is connected to the Birmingham Police Department. Although several Klan members were later convicted of this crime, with one of them being executed for the murder, that would not be the end of this matter. The appellant was tried on three occasions, twice in 1981 and once in 1983; those trials ended in mistrials because the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Rhoden Josephus Living in 62 Anderson Street Talladega Alabama, Phone: 256-358-7224, Email: josephus5219@gmail.com, Relatives: Available. Ms. Tapscott described this man as six feet tall, wearing a blue and white striped sweater-shirt and a brown leather hat with a small visor. Willingham v. State, 50 Ala.App. Hes past Chairman of the Birmingham Regional Chamber of Commerce (BBA), Operation New Birmingham (REV Birmingham), and the City Action Partnership (CAP). The men drove the car to the next county into a secluded and wooded area. 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. ComebackTown has published close to 500 columns over an almost 10 year period with a lot of guest columnists. Thereafter, the trial judge specifically denied the defense counsel's motion to strike the venire, and no ruling was made on the defense counsel's request that he be allowed to interview the individual who conducted the preliminary voir dire. 2d at 230. Cumbo v. State, 368 So. 2d 984 (Ala.Cr.App.1984). There is a presumption in favor of the correctness of a jury's verdict, and when the trial judge declines to grant a new trial that verdict is strengthened on appeal. 1347, 1358 (M.D.Ala.1986); where a black nurse filed a discrimination suit against a hospital on the basis of adverse employment decisions, Davis v. State University of New York, 802 F.2d 638, 644-45 (2d Cir.1986); where minority police officers brought a civil rights action alleging employment discrimination, Minority Police Officers Association v. City of South Bend, 617 F. Supp. 2d 142 (1982) to argue in his brief that "when faced with the question of the propriety of a grant or a denial of a continuance for the purpose of producing a defense witness, the proper question is not whether the trial judge abused his discretion, but whether the denial of the continuance violated the defendant's constitutional rights to compulsory process and effective assistance of counsel." Articles of the appellant's clothing, rolls of coins taken from the appellant's pockets, a total of $2,058 in currency, and $13,300 in travelers checks were recovered from the scene. Hicks v. Wainwright, 633 F.2d 1146 (5th Cir. Refine Your Search Results All Filters 1 Joseph Dwight Anderson, 54 Resides in Prattville, AL Lived In Tampa FL, Autaugaville AL 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. The record indicates that the victim's widow, Kalliopi Ballard Hartley, testified only that, on the day of the murder, her husband left home in his police uniform and that the next time that she saw him, he was dead. There his beaten body hung from the tree until all life left it. Great read. 2d 726 (Ala.Cr.App.1985), reversed on other grounds, Ex parte Jackson, 516 So. Jay Glass retired as Chief Deputy Coroner following 35 years of service with the Jefferson County Coroner/Medical Examiner Office. The appellant argues that the trial court abused its discretion by denying his motion for mistrial based on the unresponsive testimony of two witnesses. When you read about lynchings and the KKK in Alabama, you expect to be reading about incidents that happened 100 years ago. 2d 1144 (Ala.Cr. Click here to sign up for our newsletter. Ala.Code 15-2-20 (1975). We cant rewrite OR I write that history. 2d 707, 712 (Ala.Cr.App.1985). A yellow sack was lying on the ground near the appellant. Rhoden Josephus Open Premium Report Rhoden Josephus 62 Anderson Street, Talladega, Alabama We have found at least 14 more addresses related to this person, which require a . But this chain of events happened between 1979 and 1987just 34 years ago. He is the author of the recently published book "Life and Death in the Magic City. 2d 943, 949-50 (Ala.Cr.App.1986); Primm v. State, 473 So. 2d 666, 674-75 (Ala.Cr.App.1979), affirmed, 391 So. 2d 768 (Ala.1986). He is the author of the recently published book Life and Death in the Magic City. 2d 328 (1969)." Sergeant Ballard died as the result of three gunshot wounds. The evidence must be considered in the light most favorable to the prosecution. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. Freeman v. State, 505 So. Guilt should be directed to the criminals of the crimes, not a rehash of HISTORY that most of us know. 2d at 231. Sign up for our free summaries and get the latest delivered directly to you. This section was held constitutional on its face, Bokulich v. Jury Comm'n of Greene County, Ala., 298 F. Supp. In addressing the purpose behind this statute, the committee states that "[R]equiring jurors to be electors attempts to insure that citizens who uphold and obey the law will be selected as jurors to discharge the responsibility of jury service." Lord, help me. Public Domain. While committing a robbery, Josephus Anderson murdered a white police officer in Birmingham, Alabama. On March 20, 1981, Michael Donald, a 19 yr. old African American trade school student was found hanging from a small ornamental "popcorn" tree on an old residential street, across the street from where several Klansmen lived. The body was left hanging from a tree in a mixed-race neighborhood in Mobile. *297 denied, 291 Ala. 803, 279 So. As stated in Frazier v. State, 56 Ala. App. This issue has already been decided adversely to the appellant by the Alabama Supreme Court in Ex parte Anderson, 457 So. If you purchase a product or register for an account through one of the links on our site, we may receive compensation. 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. Although the appellant argues that the cumulative effect of all of the alleged errors entitles him to a new trial, we find no ineradicable prejudice caused to the appellant and we find that he was not deprived of a fair and impartial trial. The appellant argues that his conviction abrogates the reasonable doubt standard in that "[p]rior to the fourth trial of the defendant, the cumulative total of the voting by the juries was twenty-seven votes for acquittal, nine for conviction. Birmingham Police Officer Joe Johnson testified and corroborated the testimony of Officer Middleton. 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. Rehearing Denied April 26, 1988. He also offered to allow the defense counsel the right to continue to cross-examine the witness as much as he deemed necessary. Gast v. State, 232 Ala. 307, 310, 167 So. On December 11, 1979, Ms. Tapscott and Ms. Hill were shown six photographs, one of which was appellant's. He stated that he made photographs of the scene and photocopies of the travelers checks found near appellant. Officer Middleton testified that he saw the fleeing man pull out a gun so he jumped out of the patrol car. It is appellant's contention that his picture shown to the witnesses in which an "IR number" was missing and where his name was written on the back coupled with the publicity at the time of the witnesses viewing the photograph resulted in a suggestive and improper photographic lineup procedure. She stated that the robber put all the money into a yellow paper bag. The measure of impropriety which must be shown by an appellant to hold the court in error for denial of a motion for continuance of a criminal trial is gross abuse. App.1981); and Pritchett v. State, 445 So. 2d 37 (Ala.Cr.App. The evidence is clear that both witnesses based their identification of the appellant on their recollection of the events surrounding the robbery and observations thereof. An all-white jury heard the civil liability case against the United Klans of America. Following his conviction in 1985, the jury recommended a sentence of life without parole. It is not the function of this Court to decide whether the evidence is believable beyond a reasonable doubt and to a moral certainty. Joseph Anderson in Alabama 269 people named Joseph Anderson found in Mobile, Huntsville and 12 other cities. 2d 547 (Ala.Cr.App.1984). 2d 531 (1975). 2d 1014 (Ala.Cr.App.1982). Mrs. White testified that aside from the introduction, nothing else occurred. Jay Glass retired as Chief Deputy Coroner following 35 years of service with the Jefferson County Coroner/Medical Examiner Office. This was likely related to the lack of positive eyewitness identification of Anderson as the person who shot Ballard and questions regarding ballistic evidence. However, this court has recently quoted the pertinent language from Dickerson in Barton v. State, 494 So. David Sher is the founder and publisher of ComebackTown. 2d 878,880 (Ala.Cr.App. *294 Douglas H. Scofield and William N. Clark, Birmingham, for appellant. Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama. Dolvin v. State, 391 So. All Filters. In Hicks this Court *299 recently enunciated several factors which are to be considered in determining whether an accused was deprived of his right to compulsory process by denial of a motion for continuance: "`"[T]he diligence of the defense in interviewing witnesses and procuring their presence, the probability of procuring their testimony within a reasonable time, the specificity with which the defense is able to describe their expected knowledge or testimony, the degree to which such testimony is expected to be favorable to the accused, and the unique or cumulative nature of the testimony.". Josephus Anderson, age 79, would die from natural causes in March, 2021, while serving his life sentence in Holman prison. Black people should support this annexation as well as any annexation done by mostly Black central cities. They had the following children: Isreal, Alfred, Levi & Mary Jane. Yet today, things have changed, and change needed to come at that time. 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. 2d 549 (1970), quoting Brown v. Allen, 344 U.S. *302 443, 474, 73 S. Ct. 397, 416, 97 L. Ed. [5] 521 (1940). 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 the jury could not reach a verdict. Newfield next saw the man lying in the parking lot of the Southern Motor Inn with gunshot wounds. 2d 600 (1966); Estes v. Texas, 381 U.S. 532, 85 S. Ct. 1628, 14 L. Ed. He was an insurance salesman. denied, 402 U.S. 976, 91 S. Ct. 1680, 29 L. Ed. Jackson v. State, 414 So. Griffin, both of AL Source: Carey Hand Funeral Home Records, Orlando, Florida. Shannon Hill testified that she was balancing and counting her money at a teller window when a black male walked up to her counter, pulled a gun and asked for money. Charles A. Graddick, Atty. (Opt out at any time). 2d 534, 537, cert. When you read about lynchings and the KKK in Alabama, you expect to be reading about incidents that happened 100 years ago. 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. 469 (1953). Based on the evidence presented by the State, a jury could have reasonably concluded that every reasonable hypothesis except guilt was eliminated. Hoover parents, is this best for our kids. Henry Hays and James Knowles were armed with a gun and a rope when they happened upon Michael Donald who was walking home from purchasing a pack of cigarettes for his sister. 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. As stated in Anderson, supra, 1298-1299: After careful review, we find that there was no showing that any prospective juror read the editorials which appellant claims prejudiced his case. 2d 522 (Ala.Cr.App.1985); Bell v. State, 466 So. 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. This comment is on the side story of Mobile annexation. . 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. 21-201, Code of Arizona, which requires that "[e]very juror, grand and trial, shall be an elector in the county." "`In determining the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction, this Court must accept as true the evidence introduced by the State and accord the State all legitimate inferences therefrom. denied, 372 So. We know that Joseph . Gayle Yester, another Birmingham Police Department evidence technician, testified that she went to the Jefferson Federal Savings branch office at Fifth Avenue and 20th Street on November 29, 1979, at approximately 4:00 p.m. She took photographs, made diagrams and processed the scene for fingerprints. at 448-49. 2d 877 (Ala.1979). Dr. King hoped we would use different criteria to judge other INDIVIDUALS. Therefore, this examination will look to the history of this statute and the legislative purpose thereof under the application of the holding in Hunter. Clearly, these facts were undisputed. Sign up for our free summaries and get the latest delivered directly to you. On December 18, 1979, the Honorable William N. Clark was appointed to represent appellant in this cause. William, I very much appreciate you following ComebackTown and for your feedback. In view of the totality of the circumstances, we do not find the in-court identification of the appellant tainted by the exhibition of his photographs to witnesses Tapscott and Hall. . 2d 1014 (Ala.Cr.App.1982). 2d 344 (1977); Murphy v. Florida, 421 U.S. 794, 95 S. Ct. 2031, 44 L. Ed. Also I am not young but I agree with the young ones who are thinking that way. Under Arlington Heights, a racially disproportionate impact alone does not make official action unconstitutional; rather, a discriminatory purpose or intent must be shown to prove a violation of the Equal Protection Clause. 794, 95 S. Ct. 1680, 29 L. Ed Jackson, 516 So but trial. Was declared most favorable to the appellant his life sentence in Holman prison but did do... Or register for an account through one of the police officers years.!, McKinney v. 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