Legal Opinion

Neugent v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 4, 1976PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

We granted this petition for writ of certiorari, filed by the State, seeking our review and reversal of a decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals, Ala.Cr.App., 340 So.2d 43, wherein that court reversed and remanded a judgment of conviction of one Neugent for illegal possession of amphetamines.

The reversal was based upon the conclusion of a majority of that court that the affidavit, supporting the search warrant, did not sufficiently aver "probable cause" in that it failed to meet the first "prong" test of Aguilar v. Texas, 378 U.S. 108,84 S.Ct. 1509, 12 L.Ed.2d 723 (1964), i.e., requiring…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. United States v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. State Ex Rel. Attorney GeneralSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Thornton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  2. Etheridge v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  3. Stanfield v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988
  4. Reed v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  5. Neugent v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976

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