Legal Opinion
Smith v. State Department of Public Safety
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 27, 1998No. 2961142PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTSON, Presiding Judge.
During the early morning hours of February 23,1996, an unidentified person fired two shotgun blasts into the Livingston home of Circuit Judge Eddie Hardaway. The Livingston Police Department, the Alabama Bureau of Investigation (“ABI”), and the Alabama attorney general’s office began an investigation of the incident.
On February 29, 1996, the ABI identified Steven Smith, Jr., a state trooper, as a suspect and interviewed Smith at length. Smith was not arrested or detained. Thereafter, ABI agents interviewed Smith’s girlfriend and other friends regarding Smith’s…
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