Legal Opinion

Duncan v. City of Scottsboro

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided March 6, 1958No. 8 Div. 937PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAWSON, Justice.

Russell Duncan was convicted in the Jackson County Court of Law of the violation of an ordinance of the City of Scottsboro. Duncan appealed to the Court of Appeals and that court reversed the judgment of the trial court without an opinion. The city’s application for rehearing being overruled by the Court of Appeals, the city filed in this court its petition for writ of certiorari to review and revise the judgment and decision of the Court of Appeals. On original deliverance we denied the petition on the authority of our many cases which hold, in effect, that where the Court of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wyatt v. City of BirminghamAlabama Court of Appeals · 1954
  2. Honeycutt v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  3. Ellis v. City of SylacaugaAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Orr v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  2. Lang v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  3. Duncan v. City of ScottsboroAlabama Court of Appeals · 1957
  4. Lowery v. City of BoazCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  5. Lang v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960

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