Legal Opinion
Mars v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided August 31, 1976No. 7 Div. 460PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant was convicted of transporting prohibited liquor in quantities of five gallons or more pursuant to Title 29, § 187, Code of Alabama 1940. He was sentenced to three years imprisonment.
DeKalb County Chief Deputy Sheriff George Minor was in Gadsden, Etowah County, observing a State liquor store. He spotted the appellant coming from the store and loading into his ear trunk two cardboard liquor cases bearing the label, “Sea-grams Seven.” He sent out over his police radio a code number which was assigned to the appellant. He stated that all suspected bootleggers in the county were assigned…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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3Cited by8 opinions
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