Jones v. State

Appellant, Kenneth Jones, was indicted by the Jefferson County Grand Jury during the October 1982 session for violation of § 3-1-29, Code of Alabama 1975. The indictment charges that appellant "did unlawfully own, possess, keep or train a dog or dogs with the intent that such dog or dogs be engaged in an exhibition of fighting with another dog." On March 1, 1983, appellant filed a motion to dismiss, alleging that § 3-1-29 was void for vagueness and that the section was ex post facto as applied to him. The trial court overruled these motions. On March 2, 1983, a jury found appellant guilty as…