Legal Opinion
Ex Parte State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 30, 1985No. 84-494PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
We granted certiorari to review the Court of Criminal Appeals' reversal in this case in light of United States v.Leon, ___ U.S. ___, 104 S.Ct. 3405, 82 L.Ed.2d 677 (1984).
The salient facts are as follows:
The defendant, Robert Lee Crittenden, had cohabitated with Sara Jackson, who had a nine-year-old daughter. The two quarreled and separated, and, according to the testimony of the defendant, Sara Jackson threatened him, saying that she would get back at him somehow.
Some time after the defendant moved out, Sara Jackson learned that her daughter had gonorrhea. The following day, October 8, 1982,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Fortenberry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988
- W.T.K. v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
- Folsom v. WynnSupreme Court of Alabama · 1993
- Commonwealth v. MelilliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Ex Parte TysonSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
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