Legal Opinion

Ray v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided September 20, 1957No. 5 Div. 490PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Judge.

On August 30, 1955, the Grand Jury of Coosa County indicted Bruce Ray for transporting five gallons or more of prohibited liquors (Code 1940, T. 29, § 187). Upon conviction by a petit jury on March 27, 1956, he was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment.

The Attorney General has moved to •strike the record and dismiss the appeal because the filing of the record here on August 18, 1956, was allegedly too late under Supreme Court Rule 37 (amended February 17, 1956, 263 Ala. xxi). Since there was a motion for new trial pending in the court below until June 20, 1956, the motion is…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Eskridge v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1854
  2. Edwardson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  3. Smith v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1933
  4. Odom v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1950
  5. Leach v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1897

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Bryant v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
  2. Hopkins v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1973
  3. Bedingfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
  4. Rogers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  5. Chunn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976

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