Legal Opinion
DeGruy v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 18, 1975No. 6 Div. 562PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CATES, Presiding Judge.
Possession of marijuana for personal use: sentence, twelve months in the county jail together with a $1,000 fine. Act No. 1407, September 16, 1971 — Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act.
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About 11:00 a. m., September 29, 1971, four deputy sheriffs and two policemen came to the door of an apartment wherein DeGruy was a guest. Announcing their intention to execute a search warrant, the officers ordered everyone' to sit down and be still (R. 91, 107).1 They then proceeded to search the apartment.
One Greg Yestadt was seated at a table on which the officers found a metal…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Orozco v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Radke v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Kenneth Jordan Brown v. Dr. George J. Beto, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Radke v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Hubbard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- Durden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
- Kelley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
- Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
- Cook v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
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