Legal Opinion
Watts v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 2, 1982No. 6 Div. 635PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DeCARLO, Judge.
Receiving stolen property in the first degree; five years.
On January 3,1981 it was discovered that the Blue Bell manufacturing company in Hanceville in Cullman County had been burglarized. The plant had closed on December 19, 1980 for the Christmas holidays and was not scheduled to resume production until January 5, 1981. It was ascertained that approximately 150 dozen Wrangler and Rustler denim blue jeans and 46 dozen corduroy blue jeans, which were produced at the Hanceville plant, were missing.
The Hanceville plant did not distribute the jeans it manufactured directly to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Rawlings v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. SalvucciSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Turner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Ashurst v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- Ex Parte WattsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983