Legal Opinion
Piazzola v. Watkins
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided July 15, 1970No. Civ. A. 3071-NPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
JOHNSON, Chief Judge.
The petitioners were indicted by a grand jury of Pike County, Alabama, for the offense of illegal possession of marijuana. After pleas of not guilty were interposed, trials were had, and petitioner Piazzola was convicted on April 25, 1968 and petitioner Marinshaw on April 26, 1968. The convictions were affirmed by the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. The matter is presented to this Court upon a habeas corpus petition filed April 24, 1970. The basis for the petition is that the convictions violate the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. The…
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3Cited by16 opinions
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