Legal Opinion

Smoak v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided July 10, 2015No. CR-13-0081PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

WELCH, Judge.

Thomas Brian Smoak appeals from convictions for making a terrorist threat, see § 13A-10-15, AIa.Code 1975, and possession of a deadly weapon with intent to do bodily harm on the premises of a school, see § 13A-11-72, Ala.Code 1975. For each conviction he was sentenced to 10 years’ imprisonment, the sentences to run concurrently.'

' Facts

• At approximately 8:30 a.m. on the morning of May 25, 2010, Smoak’s son, Patrick, a student at Athens High School, misbehaved at school and was to be punished by a five-day suspension. At approximately 9:45 Patrick’s mother was telephoned and…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  3. Crawford v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. United States v. SokolowSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978

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3Cited by1 opinion

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