Legal Opinion
Sawyer v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided January 31, 1992No. CR 90-1440PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The appellant, Dallas Leon Sawyer, was convicted of trafficking in cannabis, a violation of § 13A-12-231(1), Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and was ordered to pay a $50,000 fine.
The state's evidence produced at the suppression hearing and at trial tended to show that on August 8, 1990, Danny Smith, the director of the Ninth Judicial Circuit Narcotics Task Force, received information from a reliable confidential informant that a shipment of marijuana was to be delivered to Wayne Ingram's residence in DeKalb County on August 9, 1990. Smith and members of the task…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. JohnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- United States v. Randall James RaceCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1976
- McCray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1987
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- D.R.H. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
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