Legal Opinion

State v. Cheatwood

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided July 13, 2018No. CR-17-0569PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

KELLUM, Judge.

Michael Jerome Cheatwood was arrested and charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, see § 13A-12-212(a)(1), Ala. Code 1975, and possession of drug paraphernalia, see § 13A-12-260, Ala. Code 1975. Cheatwood filed a pretrial motion to suppress the evidence seized as a result of a Terry 1 frisk, namely, a pill bottle containing methamphetamine. Following an evidentiary hearing, the circuit court granted Cheatwood's motion to suppress. Pursuant to Rule 15.7, Ala. R. Crim. P., the State appeals the circuit court's ruling.

The evidence presented at the suppression…

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