Legal Opinion
Scopolites v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 6, 1973No. 1 Div. 189PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CATES, Presiding Judge.
Possession of marijuana: sentence, eight years in the penitentiary, Code 1940, T. 22, § 256, as amended by Act 625, August 29, 1969.
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In brief appellant urges us to declare Act 1191, September 13, 1969 unconstitutional.
We reject this contention for two reasons. First, because the question was not presented to the trial court. Second, because the Act, which assimilates into the circuit court the juvenile court in counties having between 300,000 and 500,000 inhabitants, is within the power of the Legislature.
In Dudley v. Birmingham Rly. Lt. & Power Co., 139 Ala. 453, 36…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- United States v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Townsend v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Henry v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. John Christopher DoyleCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. FrazierWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
- Bowens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974
- Powers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
- Smiley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
- State v. HallerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1987
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