Legal Opinion
Daniels v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided April 5, 1973No. SC 171PublishedCited by 162 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLOODWORTH, Justice.
The petition of the State of Alabama for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals [1972] 50 Ala.App. 11, 276 So.2d 438, was granted on the ground that the petition presented a material question of first impression in Alabama.
The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the defendant’s conviction for possession of marijuana. The facts of the case disclosed by that court’s opinion are as follows.
Two motorcycle policemen, while following a taxicab, bearing a New York State license tag, driving slightly in excess of the speed limit, saw it run a…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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3Cited by162 opinions
- Travis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1997
- Ex Parte TuckerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1995
- Vogel v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
- Retowsky v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
- Ex Parte PeoplesSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
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