Legal Opinion · Dissent

Schreiner v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 6, 2015No. 1140934Published

1DissentMoore, Chief Justice

Gary Paul Schreiner was convicted of trafficking in more than 28, but less than 500, grams of methamphetamine. § 13A-12-231(ll)a., Ala.Code 1975. He was sentenced as a habitual offender to life imprisonment. See §§ 13A-5-9 and 13A-12-231(13), Ala.Code 1975:1 The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Schreiner’s conviction and sentence. Schreiner v. State, 196 So.3d 1237 (Ala.Crim.App.2015). Having initially granted Schreiner’s petition for a writ of certiorari, .this Court now quashes the writ.2 , Because, in my view, the statute setting out the offense of trafficking in .methamphetamine is…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Staples v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  2. Ex Parte HydeSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
  3. Ex Parte JenkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
  4. Ex Parte FletcherSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
  5. Schreiner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2015

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