Legal Opinion

Lovett v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided May 25, 1943No. 4 Div. 779PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BRICKEN, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction for the offense of having whiskey in possession for sale, etc., contrary to law.

Before pleading to the merits the defendant demurred to the indictment upon several grounds wherein it was contended “the indictment charged no offense known to the law.”

In our case of McPherson v. State, 29 Ala.App. 278, 196 So. 739, 740, certiorari denied 239 Ala. 641, 196 So. 741, an indictment identical to the one here, this court said: “We are not prepared to accord to the several insistences relative to the alleged infirmities of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lovett v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1941
  2. Lovett v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1942
  3. Campbell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
  4. McPherson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1940
  5. McPherson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1940

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Tillison v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1946
  2. Gandy v. City of BirminghamAlabama Court of Appeals · 1943
  3. Williamson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1944
  4. Ankrom v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2011

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