Legal Opinion

Wright v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 6, 1966No. 6 Div. 281PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRILL, Justice.

Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals which affirmed the conviction of petitioner without an opinion.

We have uniformly held that in the absence of an opinion by the Court of Appeals, we have nothing to review. Gandy v. State, 276 Ala. 409, 162 So.2d 620; Crawford v. State, 276 Ala. 98, 159 So.2d 457. This rule does not preclude us from reviewing a decision of that court where a constitutional question is involved. Espey v. State, 263 Ala. 207, 82 So.2d 270.

Here, no constitutional question was argued in brief. It appears that no brief was filed by petitioner…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Espey v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1955
  2. Crawford v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  3. Gandy v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1964

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Dunaway v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  2. Wheat v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967

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