Legal Opinion
McCraney v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided February 26, 1980PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Possession of controlled substances (heroin and marijuana); sentence: fifteen years imprisonment.
On the morning of June 7, 1979, Baldwin County Deputy Sheriff Roland Howell received a telephone call from the manager of Woody's Motel concerning illegal drugs. The manager informed Deputy Howell that while one of his maids was cleaning a motel room she discovered a suitcase under a bed that she believed to contain drugs. Howell was a narcotics agent for the Sheriff's Department.
Deputy Howell arrived at Woody's Motel shortly after 11:00 a.m. Woody's Motel is located on Battleship Parkway (the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by12 opinions
- German v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- Mayers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
- Chandler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
- Story v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
- Murray v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
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