context: 509 So.2d at 1076-77 (second emphasis added). Thus, the Watkins Court established that when nothing in the record supports the bare allegation that a constitutional violation occurred, a court cannot find plain error.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.parenthetical: holding that an ambiguous or silent record will not support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel
citation_a.sentence: Cf. Brooks v. State, 929 So.2d 491 (Ala.Crim.App.2005)(holding that an ambiguous or silent record will not support a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.parenthetical: holding that a Batson claim could not be addressed on appeal when the record did not even raise the inference of unconstitutional jury selection
citation_b.sentence: See also White v. State, 587 So.2d 1218 (Ala.Crim.App.1990), affd, 587 So.2d 1236 (Ala.1991) (holding that a Batson claim could not be addressed on appeal when the record did not even raise the inference of unconstitutional jury selection).