Legal Opinion
Woods v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 27, 1996No. CR-95-0453PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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The appellant, Winfred Lynn Woods, was convicted of unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a violation of §13A-12-212, Ala. Code 1975. He was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to 15 years in the penitentiary.
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The appellant contends that the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence of the heroin seized by a police officer during a warrantless search of the appellant while the appellant was being treated for a drug overdose in the…
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