Legal Opinion
Berryhill v. State
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided June 20, 1979No. Civ. 1809PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This is an action brought under § 28-4-285, Code of Alabama (1975) to condemn as contraband a truck used to transport alcoholic beverages for resale in a dry county. A motion to suppress the evidence because of an illegal search and seizure was heard and denied. Judgment of forfeiture and condemnation was entered. Defendant claimant appeals. The issue is whether the court erred in denying the motion to suppress. We find it did err and reverse.
The testimony disclosed that after dark on the evening of November 11, 1978, the sheriff of Lawrence County a dry county, while patrolling in an…
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- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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