Legal Opinion

Kelly v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided October 26, 1976No. 3 Div. 457PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Sale of marijuana; sentence: four and one-half years imprisonment.

The evidence presented at trial was overwhelming to the effect that the appellant engaged in the sale of marijuana on June 16, 1975. The appellant’s sole defense at trial appears to have been entrapment. The jury could have reasonably found that the evidence presented to sustain the defense of entrapment was insufficient. There are three issues raised by the appellant on appeal.

I

The appellant contends that the results of a polygraph or lie detector test should not have been admitted into evidence.

Before trial,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Kilpatrick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  2. Kilpatrick v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  3. Frazier v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974
  4. State v. CunninghamDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1975
  5. Cooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Crowe v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
  2. Thigpen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978

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