Legal Opinion

Adkins v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided February 6, 1973No. 4 Div. 198PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Presiding Judge.

Selling marijuana: sentence, five years.

The indictment fails to allege the name of the vendee. Ground 5 of the defendant’s demurrer challenged this deficiency. Hence, the trial court erred in overruling the demurrer. Pettry v. State, 47 Ala.App. 237, 252 So.2d 659.1 This was the sole issue raised in each brief.

The judgment below is due to be reversed and the cause is remanded.

Reversed and remanded.

All the Judges concur.. We distinguish Duin v. State, 288 Ala. 329, 260 So.2d 602 because therein no demurrer was interposed for the trial judge to rule upon, See Russell v.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Duin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
  2. Russell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
  3. Pettry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Bowens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974
  2. Van Nostrand v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  3. Sharpe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  4. Brock v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975

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