Legal Opinion

Espey v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided August 18, 1955No. 6 Div. 923PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SIMPSON, Justice.

Petition for certiorari to the Court of Appeals seeking review of the judgment of the Court of Appeals wherein that court rendered no opinion.

We have uniformly held that under such a status a review by this court of the decision of the Court of Appeals cannot be undertaken. Hathcock v. State, 259 Ala. 363, 66 So.2d 927; Lancaster v. State, 258 Ala. 561, 64 So.2d 109; Smith v. State, 241 Ala. 99, 1 So.2d 313; Counts v. State, 240 Ala. 530, 200 So. 113.

This, of course, when no federal question is involved. State v. Parrish, 242 Ala. 7, 5 So.2d 828.

Writ denied.

LAWSON, STAKELY…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. State v. ParrishSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  2. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  3. Counts v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  4. Hathcock v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  5. Lancaster v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Dunaway v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  2. Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  3. Clemons v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
  4. Gandy v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964
  5. Wheat v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967

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