Legal Opinion

Adkins v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided February 6, 1973No. 4 Div. 198Published

1Opinion of the Court

287 So.2d 447 (1973)

David ADKINS

v.

STATE.

4 Div. 198.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

February 6, 1973.

Rehearing Denied April 3, 1973.

Alto V. Lee, III, and Wade H. Baxley, Dothan, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Richard F. Calhoun, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

CATES, Presiding Judge.

Selling marijuana: sentence, five years.

The indictment fails to allege the name of the vendee. Ground 5 of the defendant's demurrer challenged this deficiency. Hence, the trial court erred in overruling the demurrer. Pettry v. State, 47 Ala.App. 237, 252 So.2d 659.[1] This was the sole issue…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. United States v. CruikshankSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
  2. Cole v. ArkansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Fletcher v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1909
  4. Gayden v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  5. McLaughlin v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1873

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