Legal Opinion
Brown v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 11, 1990No. 88-656PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This action is an outgrowth of this Court's decision inEx parte Dison, 469 So.2d 662 (Ala. 1984), in which we reversed the defendant's conviction for driving under the influence in violation of Code of 1975, § 32-5A-191, because the Uniform Traffic Ticket and Complaint ("UTTC") issued to the defendant had not been verified before a judicial officer and the defendant had raised this issue at the time of trial.1 We concluded in Dison that this lack of verification of the ticket prevented the district court, and subsequently the circuit court on appeal, from obtaining subject matter…
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Johnson v. Georgia Highway Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Mills v. Electric Auto-Lite Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Sprague v. Ticonic National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Peebles v. MileySupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- Reynolds v. First Alabama Bank of MontgomerySupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
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3Cited by64 opinions
- Shannon Leonard v. Enterprise Rent A CarCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
- Ex Parte Town of LowndesboroSupreme Court of Alabama · 2006
- Robes v. Town of HartfordSupreme Court of Vermont · 1993
- Ex Parte HornSupreme Court of Alabama · 1998
- State Bd. of Educ. v. WaldropSupreme Court of Alabama · 2002
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