# Brown v. State

> Supreme Court of Alabama · June 19, 1975 · 294 Ala. 241

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/1854521

## Case

- **Full name:** In Re Charles Brown v. State of Alabama. Ex Parte Charles Brown.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** June 19, 1975
- **Citations:** 294 Ala. 241; 314 So. 2d 721; 1975 Ala. LEXIS 1179
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion by Maddox
- **Judges:** Maddox, Heflin, Merrill, Jones, Shores
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

MADDOX, Justice.
Writ denied.
*242
By denying the writ, we point out that writs of certiorari are frequently denied without any consideration of the merits. Haden v. Olan Mills, Inc., 273 Ala. 129 , 135 So.2d 388 (1961). A denial of certiorari should never be considered as an expression by the reviewing court on the merits of the controversy. See Hamilton Brown Shoe Co. v. Wolf Brothers, 240 U.S. 251 , 36 S.Ct. 269 , 60 L.Ed. 629 (1916). Our denial of the writ should not be understood as approving or disapproving the language used, or the statements of law contained in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals. See Cooper v. State, 287 Ala. 728 , 252 So.2d 108 (1971).
HEFLIN, C. J., and MERRILL, JONES and SHORES, JJ., concur.

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