Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided October 30, 1979PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appellant was convicted of selling cyclohexamine in violation of the Alabama Uniform Controlled Substances Act (Code 1975, §20-2-1, et seq.). He was sentenced to imprisonment for fifteen years.
The principal contest on appeal is as to the availability to defendant of the defense of entrapment.
Three witnesses testified on call of the State. Only one testified as to the sale. The combined testimony of the other two showed that the product sold was cyclohexamine.
Defendant did not take the stand. No witness in his behalf testified as to a sale. The evidence for the defendant was limited largely to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- United States v. Roberto Gomez-Rojas, and Michael Rece SutherlinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- William Clayton Pierce v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Francis William GroesselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Robert Edward Dickens, Sr., Gus Peter Glenos and Robert Morrison, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Trammell v. Disc. Bd. of the Ala. State BarSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
- C.D.C. v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2001
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