Legal Opinion

Gamble v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 20, 1985PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

George Tony Gamble was indicted and convicted for the unlawful possession of phenmetrazine. He was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment as a habitual offender. All five issues raised on appeal are without merit.

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The search of the defendant's car and the seizure of the pills and paraphernalia were proper.

On September 17, 1982, Adamsville police officer Tom Moon responded to a call from the dispatcher about three subjects "using needles up there in front of J's Drive-In." Upon arrival, he noticed the defendant and another man sitting in a car. The defendant was sitting in the right front seat…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Illinois v. AndreasSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. Vogel v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  5. McCovery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Minshew v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988
  2. Griffin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000
  3. Pearson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
  4. Michael Craft v. State of Alabama.Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2011
  5. Dooley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991

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