Legal Opinion
Shipman v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided August 30, 1973No. SC 371PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLOODWORTH, Justice.
The petition of the State of Alabama for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals in Shipman v. State, 51 Ala.App. 80, 282 So.2d 696, reversing defendant Shipman’s conviction for possession of narcotics because of an illegal search and seizure, was granted.
The facts are set out in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals, Shipman v. State, 51 Ala.App. 80, 282 So.2d 696 [M.S. March 20, 1973], and need not be repeated here.
Briefly, the State’s position is that the heroin packages were validly seized because they were in “plain view” of…
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