State v. Brown

In Brown v. State, 565 So.2d 585 (Ala. 1990) ("Brown II"), I expressed, in a dissenting opinion, the reasons why I thought that attorney fees should not be awarded in this case. I desire to add additional reasons why I think that the awarding of attorney fees in this case is inappropriate. Statement in BrownII that Litigation Caused Change In Practice of HandlingTraffic Tickets Not Supported in Record

In the opinion in Brown II this Court stated as a basis for the award of attorney fees that "[t]his litigation clearly resulted in a benefit to the general public," because "[i]t is…