Legal Opinion
State v. Otwell
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 26, 1999No. CR-97-2378PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The state appeals from the trial court's order granting defendant's motion to suppress certain evidence. The defendant was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, specifically cocaine, in violation of § 13A-12-212, Code of Alabama 1975.
The following evidence was elicited at the hearing on the motion to suppress. On March 11, 1996, between 11:00 p.m. and 11:30 p.m., narcotics investigator Michael Alexander Salomonsky and investigator John Peterson, of the Madison County Sheriff's Department, were in the parking lot of Chick's Lounge on routine patrol. Salomonsky and…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Horton v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Minnesota v. DickersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- State v. HillSupreme Court of Alabama · 1996
- United States v. Jorge Humberto Diaz-LizarazaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Ex Parte HilleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- State v. LandrumCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2009
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