Legal Opinion

Love v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided September 9, 1986No. 6 Div. 995PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

Fifteen-year-old Angela Vanzandt and Steven Shaffner were killed in a motor vehicle collision caused by Kim Ray Love, who had been drinking rum. Love was indicted for their murders. This appeal concerns his conviction for the murder of Miss Vanzandt and sentence to life imprisonment.

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Love contends that the result of his blood alcohol analysis was inadmissible in evidence at trial because he was not under arrest at the time his blood was withdrawn. The question presented by this issue is whether evidence from a blood sample which was seized without consent, without a…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Schmerber v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Cupp v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  3. State v. OeveringSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1978
  4. State v. CampbellMontana Supreme Court · 1980
  5. Schutt v. MacduffNew York Supreme Court · 1954

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Ex Parte LoveSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
  2. Powell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1987
  3. Jordan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989

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