Adkins v. State

MERRILL, Justice.

The sole question in this case is whether the trial court erred in overruling the demurrer to the indictment charging the defendant with selling marijuana, where one of the grounds was that it failed to allege the name of the vendee. The Court of Criminal Appeals held that the trial court did err. We granted certiorari and now hold that the ruling of the trial court was without error.

The indictment charged that the defendant “did sell, furnish, or give away marijuana contrary to law, against the peace and dignity of the State of Alabama.” This indictment was in the terms of…