Drummond v. State

Ethridge, J.,

delivered a dissenting opinion.

I am unable to agree with either the conclusions or the reasoning of my brethren in this case. In order that future generations may know the right, I shall state my views; for the right can never be fully known by human beings until, through reasoning and arguments, they are in possession of both sides of a controversy, and all the reasons that exist for a constitutional proposition. I do not propose to be shut out from consideration of policies and results in this case, for on constitutional questions there is a higher policy-making body than the…