Legal Opinion

Lassiter v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 10, 1955No. 3 Div. 747PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAWSON, Justice.

Willie J. Lassiter has filed here his petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision of that court in the case of Lassiter v. State, 83 So.2d 365.

This court, according to the rule adopted upon the creation of the Court of Appeals and followed since, will not undertake to review questions not decided by that court. Ex parte Stephenson, 252 Ala. 316, 40 So.2d 716; White v. State, 249 Ala. 158, 30 So.2d 468. And we look alone to the opinion of the Court of Appeals for the facts of the case. Barnes v. State, 244 Ala. 597, 14…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Littlefield v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1952
  2. Ex Parte StephensonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1949
  3. Lassiter v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1955
  4. Barnes v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  5. White v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Hays v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  2. Barnes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  3. Smitherman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1987
  4. West v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  5. Page v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976

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