Legal Opinion

Satterwhite v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 15, 1978No. 77-315PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Milton Satterwhite was convicted in Lee County Circuit Court of possession of barbiturates, fined $1,000 and sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment. Certiorari was granted by this court to review the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming Satterwhite's conviction. We reverse that judgment and remand the cause to the appeals court.

A full statement of the facts is set forth in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals. Briefly, the pertinent facts are these. On May 1, 1975 officers of the Auburn Police Department searched a trailer allegedly occupied by Anna C. Brookshire and…

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Loyd v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
  5. Yelton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  2. Mauldin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  3. Malone v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  4. Drs. Lane, Bryant, Eubanks & Dulaney v. OttsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  5. Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983

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