Legal Opinion

Orr v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 16, 1938No. 8 Div. 860PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ANDERSON, Chief Justice.

The motion to quash the indictment upon the grounds therein contained was not only without merit but was frivolous.

The plea purporting to set up former jeopardy does not appear in the record. It seems, however; from the judgment entry that the former jeopardy relied upon was the previous action of the trial court in ordering a mistrial at a previous hearing upon the motion of the defendant. The ordering of the mistrial, especially upon the motion of the defendant, upon the grounds set out, was permissible and was no bar to the further prosecution of the defendant.…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Stover v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
  2. Andrews v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
  3. Crenshaw v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  4. Moore v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1935
  5. Dukes v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1923

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Wyatt v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1950
  2. Terrell v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1968
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Montgomery v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
  5. VanPelt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2009

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