Legal Opinion

Love v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided April 19, 1996No. CR-95-0029PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

The appellant, Donald Love, was convicted of assault in the second degree as charged in the indictment. He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment. That sentence was split and the court ordered the appellant to serve 90 days in prison and four years on probation. He raises one issue for review on appeal.

The appellant claims that the trial court erred in admitting, over objection, the gun and the shaft of the golf club used by the appellant during the assault. The appellant argues that the State failed to prove the chain of custody of the gun and the club, where the State simply had the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Bozza v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Robert Breest v. Raymond Helgemoe, Etc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
  3. Pardue v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1990
  4. Pardue v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  5. Ex Parte McCreeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Rokitski v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1997
  2. Ex Parte CaseySupreme Court of Alabama · 2002
  3. Goodwin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
  4. Shaw v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2013
  5. Bryant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2009

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