Legal Opinion
Thompson v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided August 15, 1961No. 8 Div. 783PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CATES, Judge.
Thompson, convicted of transporting liquor in violation of the five gallon law, Code 1940, T. 29, § 187, was sentenced to the penitentiary for two years.
'Thompson claims two errors: (1) The State got its evidence by an unlawful search; and (2) the solicitor commented on Thompson’s failure to testify. Code 1940, T. 15, § 305. ' "
Two deputy sheriffs driving east met Thompson driving west. On their turning back and following him, Thompson speed-ed up, took a side road, then dodged up a private drive -and stopped his car behind the dwelling house.
When the deputies came up Thompson…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Wolf v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Gouled v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by23 opinions
- State v. DelVecchioSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- Ex Parte GodboltSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Swain v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
- State v. TibbettsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Sheridan v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1966
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