Legal Opinion

Payton v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided November 2, 1971No. 3 Div. 53PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALMON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted in the Circuit Court of Autauga County of grand larceny and sentenced to six years in the penitentiary. From that judgment he appeals.

The evidence showed that appellant and two other men, Robert L. Combs and Ronald Butler, were stopped and arrested in the City of Montgomery by Montgomery City Police acting on a police radio dispatch. The police officers found two rifles and two shotguns in the rear floorboard of appellant’s automobile and approximately forty or fifty other similar type guns in the trunk. At no time during the arrest'or search of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  5. Clenney v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Hatton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  2. State v. WilliamsonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1973
  3. Thomas v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  4. Knight v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  5. Liptroth v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976

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