Legal Opinion
Morgan v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 13, 1973No. SC 543PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FAULKNER, Justice.
Matthew Morgan, a youth of 19 years of age, was tried by a jury of Marshall County Circuit Court on an indictment charging him with the unlawful sale of 4 grams of marijuana. He was found guilty. Morgan was afforded an election by the trial judge, to be sentenced under the old Controlled Substance law or the new Controlled Substance law. He elected to be sentenced under the new law and was sentenced to three years in the State penitentiary by the trial judge. His conviction and sentence were affirmed by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals.
Morgan was indicted in October,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Armstrong v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
- Armstrong v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
3Cited by41 opinions
- Clemmons v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Sammie Lee Gordon v. John E. Nagle, Warden Attorney General of the State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Edwards v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1975
- Charles Coleman, Cross-Appellee v. State of Alabama, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Mullins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975
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