Legal Opinion · Dissent

Galindo v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided September 30, 2005No. CR-04-0614Published

1DissentShaw, Judge

Drug trafficking is a serious menace to this State and to this nation and, in my opinion, law-enforcement agencies must use every available means at their disposal toward its elimination, provided that those means do not run afoul of the protections afforded by the United States Constitution. In a similar vein, I think that it goes without saying that appellate courts should refrain from making decisions that unnecessarily impinge upon the ability of law enforcement to protect the people of Alabama from those who would violate this State’s criminal laws and thereby endanger lives and…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Whren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Hernandez v. State, Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)1998
  3. United States v. Timothy Andrew Smith, Stephen Lawrence SwindellCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
  4. State v. TagueSupreme Court of Iowa · 2004
  5. United States v. Paul Charleston GregoryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996

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