Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Attorney General

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 11, 1970No. 3 Div. 448PublishedCited by 58 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MERRILL, Justice.

Horace E. Davis was convicted for possessing certain narcotics and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed because the only evidence came as a result of a search and the appellate court held that the search warrant was not based upon an *118adequate showing of probable cause for believing that the narcotics were on Davis’ premises.

The Attorney General petitioned this court for writ of certiorari, basing the petition on the ground, that the opinion was in conflict with a prior decision of this court, properly setting out excerpts from…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Beck v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. United States v. VentrescaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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3Cited by58 opinions

  1. Daniels v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  2. Hatton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  3. Childers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  4. Jenkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971
  5. Oliver v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1970

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