Legal Opinion

State v. Self

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided May 27, 1986PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Robert Earl Self was indicted for a violation of § 13A-11-64, Code of Alabama 1975, which provides the following:

"A person who either:(1) Changes, alters, removes, or obliterates the name of the maker, model, manufacturer's number or other mark or identification of any firearm, or(2) Possesses, obtains, receives, sells, or uses a firearm after the maker, model, manufacturer's number or other mark or identification has been changed, altered, removed, or obliterated

is guilty of a Class C felony."

Self moved to dismiss the indictment on the ground that the statute is unconstitutionally vague…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. United States v. FreedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. United States v. BalintSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  3. Vasys v. Metropolitan District CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  4. Ex Parte MurrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
  5. McCrary v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Dawkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1988
  2. People v. DePalmaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
  3. Tucker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
  4. Bettis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988
  5. Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000

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