Legal Opinion
Messelt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided August 16, 1977PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
A jury returned a general verdict finding defendant guilty under a two-count indictment charging him with a violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act of 1971 (Code of Alabama Recompiled, 1973 Cum. Supp. Tit. 22, §§ 258 (25)-258 (60)). One count charged him with possession of one hundred tablets of amphetamine; the other charged that he did unlawfully "sell, furnish or give away one hundred tablets of amphetamine." The court fixed his punishment at imprisonment for seven years and sentenced him accordingly.
The evidence in the case was brief, particularly the testimony of the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. David BuenoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Francis William GroesselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- The People v. StrongIllinois Supreme Court · 1961
- Boswell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Jack Messelt v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- State v. BriderDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
- State v. BranamNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1978
- Messelt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- Soto v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984