Legal Opinion
Woods v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided December 16, 2016No. CR-14-1147PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JOINER, Judge.
Edward Earl Woods appeals his conviction for driving under the influence of alcohol (“DUI”), see § 32-5A-191(a)(2), Ala. Code 1975, and his resulting sentence of 12 months in jail; the sentence was split and Woods was ordered to serve 8 days in jail, followed by 2 years’ probation. We reverse and remand.
Facts and Procedural History
On April 6, 2013, at 2:30 a.m., Dan De Jong, a deputy sheriff with the Madison County Sheriffs Department, saw a motorcycle “traveling at a very high rate of speed.” (R. 143.) According to Deputy De Jong, his “radar unit” indicated that the motorcycle…
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- Ex Parte SeymourSupreme Court of Alabama · 2006
- Woolf v. McGaughSupreme Court of Alabama · 1911
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