Legal Opinion

Cabble v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided May 3, 1977PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Appellant was convicted of possessing heroin in violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act, now contained in Code of Alabama, 1971 Cum. Pocket Part, Tit. 22, §§ 258 (25)-258 (60). His punishment was fixed by the court at twelve years imprisonment in the penitentiary.

Appellant insists on reversible error in three particulars: (1) the severity of the sentence, (2) the overruling by the trial court of defendant's motion to quash the search warrant, and (3) asserted insufficiency of the evidence to sustain a conviction.

As disposed as we might be to more lenient sentences than are…

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Gore v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. United States v. Warren G. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  2. Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
  3. Moreland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  4. Eldridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  5. Messelt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977

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