Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Betterton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 18, 1988No. 86-502PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Petitioner James K. Betterton was indicted for possession of cocaine. The trial court granted his pre-trial motion to suppress the evidence as having been seized without probable cause. Then the trial court dismissed the case when the prosecution admitted that it had no case due to the suppression of the evidence. The Court of Criminal Appeals, 527 So.2d 743 (Ala.Cr.App. 1986), reversed the decision of the trial court and held that the police officers' conduct in approaching the parked car in which the petitioner was sitting did not constitute either a stop or a seizure.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- United States v. MendenhallSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Delaware v. ProuseSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Collins v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1993
- McWilliams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
- United States v. Delbert W. BarryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2005
- Powell v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2009
- Woods v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
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