Legal Opinion
Lambeth v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 30, 1990No. 88-1078PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The State filed this petition for writ of certiorari to have this Court reverse the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals in Lambeth v. State, 562 So.2d 573 (Ala.Crim.App. 1989). The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed Farrell Lewis Lambeth's conviction for the unlawful selling, furnishing, or giving away of cocaine in violation of Ala. Code, 1975 §20-2-70, and remanded the case to the circuit court. We granted the writ to address the State's argument that the Court of Criminal Appeals' holding effectively prohibits the State from attempting to disprove the defense's theory of entrapment.
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2Cases cited38 opinions
- United States v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. Roberto Gomez-Rojas, and Michael Rece SutherlinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- William Clayton Pierce v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Sistrunk v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
- Adams v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
- Clay v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000
- Ruggs v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
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