Legal Opinion

Jimmy v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided March 20, 1973No. 4 Div. 201PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SIMMONS, Supernumerary Circuit Judge.

The indictment charges appellant with possessing, selling, furnishing, or giving away Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) *499contrary to law. The jury found the defendant guilty of selling the contraband substance. The trial court sentenced defendant to imprisonment in the penitentiary for a term of five years.

The indictment, as pointed out by an appropriate ground of demurrer, omits the name of the vendee. The court overruled the demurrer. This ruling was error. Pettry v. State, 47 Ala.App. 237, 252 So.2d 659.

In view of the reversible error, supra, we pretermit…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pettry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980

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