Legal Opinion
Thomas v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 10, 1946No. 7 Div. 883PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
Petitioner makes two contentions, one of which is dependent upon the other.
The first is that it is not an offense under section 98, Title 29, Code, to buy prohibited liquor in a dry county. The Court of Appeals has so held in two cases, Griffin v. State, 22 Ala.App. 369, 115 So. 769; Sharp v. State, 22 Ala.App. 562, 118 So. 238.
But it was pointed out in Sharp v. State, 23 Ala.App. 457, 126 So. 895 (a second appeal), that in Jinright v. State, 220 Ala. 268, 125 So. 606, this Court held otherwise, observing that the provision of what is now section 98, Title 29, Code, making it…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jinright v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
- State v. CollinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Griffin v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1928
- Sharp v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1930
- Sharp v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1928
3Cited by5 opinions
- Esdale v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953
- Rivers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
- Smith v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1959
- Esdale v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1953
- Rivers v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1993