Opinion

Duckworth v. State

  • 612 So. 2d 1284
  • 1992 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 1092
  • 1992 WL 228004
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Filed
Sep 18, 1992
Status
Published
Author
Montiel
On the bench
Bowen, McMillan, Montiel
Cited by
8 cases
Authority
More cited than 15.2%

stop made between 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. in an area of recent burglaries was unjustified

How later courts described this case

  • stop made between 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. in an area of recent burglaries was unjustified

Written by the judges who cited it.

Distinguished

  • Distinguished by S.W. v. State, 703 So. 2d 427 (1997)

    ” Duckworth is easily distinguishable from the instant case in that the stop was not made by an officer who had been dispatched to an area where possible ongoing criminal activity had been reported.
    Court of Criminal Appeals of AlabamaApr 18, 1997Read it
  • Distinguished by SW v. State, 1997 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 177 (1997)

    " Duckworth is easily distinguishable from the instant case in that the stop was not made by an officer who had been dispatched to an area where possible ongoing criminal activity had been reported.
    Court of Criminal Appeals of AlabamaApr 18, 1997Read it

The opinion

I believe that the evidence was sufficient to justify the Terry stop. Terry v. Ohio , 392 U.S. 1 , 88 S.Ct. 1868 , 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968).

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