Legal Opinion · Dissent

Jackson v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided February 10, 1965No. 6 Div. 50PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1DissentCates, Judge

I must respectfully dissent.

My brother JOHNSON, with ordinarily commendable brevity, has disposed of this case without opinion with only the terse endorsement on the cover of the record, “Affirmed. Johnson J. (No op).”

Like the Theban Sphinx posing her riddle to the traveler, he thus gives me only silence as a clue.

Recently, Mr. Justice Lawson, in Brown v. State, Ala., 170 So.2d 504, cited State v. Parrish, 242 Ala. 7, 5 So.2d 828, where the court said:

“ * * * The rule [i. e., of reviewing only opinions of the Court of Appeals] * * * regarding the right of review of decisions of our Court of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. Draper v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Virginia Ex Rel. Virginia State BarSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Patterson v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  5. State v. ParrishSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941

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3Cited by1 opinion

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