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
- United States v. FreedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. BalintSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Vasys v. Metropolitan District CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Ex Parte MurrySupreme Court of Alabama · 1984
- McCrary v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Dawkins v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1988
- People v. DePalmaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1994
- Tucker v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
- Bettis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988
- Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000
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