Legal Opinion
Cottonreeder v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided October 7, 1980PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The appellant was convicted and sentenced to six months' hard labor for Morgan County for violating § 13-6-226, Code of Ala. 1975, which is as follows:
"Every person who enters into a combination with another to resist the execution of any legal process or other mandate of a court of competent jurisdiction, under circumstances not amounting to a riot, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor."
Following a series of demonstrations around the Morgan County Courthouse, Circuit Judge R.L. Hundley, during the jury term of the circuit court, signed and issued an order, which in pertinent part states:
"It…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Cox v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Adderley v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Walker v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Wood v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Taylor v. City of DecaturAlabama Court of Appeals · 1959
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Stegall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
- Johnston v. City of IrondaleCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1995
- Stegall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993