Case law

Cleckler v. State

523 So. 2d 1121 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 10, 1987

Brown [v. State, 353 So.2d 1384 (Ala.1977)]. The only standard which must be met is whether a reasonable man would believe the crime occurred and that the defendant committed it.... … Duncan v. State, 394 So.2d 930, 932 (Ala.1981). See also Bragg v. State, 416 So.2d 715, 716 (Ala.1982).

Beavers v. State

565 So. 2d 688 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 15, 1990

The state's evidence disclosed that, on August 17, 1988, an Alabama Alcohol Beverage Control Board agent, Robert Chambers, working as an undercover narcotics officer, and Michael Stoner, an informer, purchased a quantity … Jackson v. State , 272 Ala. 566 , 133 So.2d 210 (1961); Fuller v. State , 269 Ala. 312 , 113 So.2d 153 (1959); Hackins v. State , 212 Ala. 606 , 103 So. 468 (1925); McLaren v.

Watkins v. State

632 So. 2d 555 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Sep 30, 1992

Brown v. … Brown , 571 So.2d at 352.

Jackson v. State

636 So. 2d 1275 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jan 21, 1994

A light brown late '60 or '70 model Chevy truck was behind the bus. I started to pass the truck and the bus. I noticed another car between the truck and the bus when I pulled alongside the truck. … In Hanks v.

Robinson v. State

45 Ala. App. 236 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 11, 1969

Because of Gilbert v. California, 388 U.S. 263 , 87 S.Ct. 1951 , 18 L.Ed.2d 1178 and Stovall v. … See Grace v. State, 44 Ala.App. 682 , 220 So.2d 259 (4); State v. Allen, 251 La. 237 , 203 So.2d 705 . Rivers v. United States, 5 Cir., 400 F.2d 935 has more bark than bite. We distinguish Jones v.

Ewing v. State

826 So. 2d 199 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Sep 28, 2001

Brown v. State , 701 So.2d 314 , 319-20 (Ala.Crim.App. 1997), quoting Ex parte Jackson , 598 So.2d 895 , 897 (Ala. 1992), overruled on other grounds, Ex parte Ingram , 675 So.2d 863 , 865 (Ala. 1996). … See, e.g., Norwood v.

Edwards v. State

574 So. 2d 864 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 15, 1990

In Oakley v. State , 457 So.2d 459 (Ala.Cr.App. 1984), citing Brazell v. … This court stated in Tucker v.

Bufford v. State

382 So. 2d 1162 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Feb 26, 1980

Two brown paper bags found inside on the front floorboard of the vehicle contained fingerprints and a palmprint of the appellant. … Brown v. State , 52 Ala. 345 (1875); Ball v. State , 252 Ala. 686 , 42 So.2d 626 (1949).

PW v. State

625 So. 2d 1207 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 13, 1993

See Ex parte Brown, 540 So.2d 740, 744-45 (Ala. 1989). Even had the issue been properly preserved, we find that the juvenile was not incarcerated because of his indigency. … "[T]he imprisonment of an indigent offender for failure to pay his fine is generally recognized as constitutionally impermissible, Williams v. Illinois, 399 U.S. 235 , 90 S.Ct. 2018 , 26 L.Ed.2d 586 (1970); Tate v.

Trenor v. State

354 So. 2d 1180 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Dec 20, 1977

Gautney v. State, 284 Ala. 82 , 222 So.2d 175 ; Dobbins v. State, 274 Ala. 524 , 149 So.2d 814 ; Garrett v. State, 268 Ala. 299 , 105 So.2d 541 . … Breazeale v. State, 51 Ala.App. 320 , 285 So.2d 130 ; Alldredge v. State, 45 Ala.App. 171 , 227 So.2d 803 ; Brown v. State, 45 Ala.App. 391 , 231 So.2d 167 .

Ex parte Terrell Demetrius Bailey (In re: State of Alabama v. Terrell Demetrius Bailey) (Montgomery District Court: DC-2024-901178)

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · May 2, 2025

Rodgers v. Meredith, 274 Ala. 179, 146 So. 2d 308 13 CR-2024-0635 (1962); Board of Education of Jefferson County v. State, 222 Ala. 70, 131 So. 239 (1930). … from conducting a revocation hearing outside the 20-day period, nor does it render void any action taken by the Board outside the 20-day period"); J.M.V. v.

Cooper v. State

474 So. 2d 182 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jun 11, 1985

At trial, the only objection to the admission of the test results was that "it wasn't drawn by someone with a valid permit or according to the regulations issued by the State Board of Health." [R-173]. … Cent. of Ga.Ry.Co. v. Carlock , 196 Ala. 659 , 72 So. 261 ." Davis Allcott Co. v. Boozer , 215 Ala. 116 , 117 , 110 So. 28 (1926); Glass v. State , 424 So.2d 687 , 689-690 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982). See also Wilson v.

MacOn v. State

659 So. 2d 221 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Nov 10, 1994

The state's evidence tended to show that in December 1990, narcotics agents from the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (ABC) began working in Etowah County with a confidential informant named Johnny Spain. … McMillian v. State , 594 So.2d 1253 (Ala.Cr.App. 1991); Faircloth v. State , 471 So.2d 485 (Ala.Cr.App. 1984), aff'd , 471 So.2d 493 (Ala. 1985); Cumbo v.

Powell v. State

140 So. 3d 487 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Aug 30, 2013

Puckett v. State, 680 So.2d 980, 983 (Ala.Crim.App.1996), citing Taylor v. State, 600 So.2d 1080, 1081 (Ala.Crim.App.1992). … See Dean v. State, 57 So.3d 169 (Ala.2010).” Saffold v. State, 77 So.3d 178, 179 (Ala.Crim.App.2011).

Johnson v. State

425 So. 2d 515 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Oct 12, 1982

Brown, District Attorney, Post Office Box 7158, Asheville, North Carolina, *516 28807; application, certification, statutes, arrest warrant, affidavit, allied papers to the Governor of the State of Alabama. … Shirley v. State, Ala. 363 So.2d 104 ; Ala.Cr.App. 363 So.2d 103 ; Ala.Cr.App. 363 So.2d 107 .

Brazell v. State

369 So. 2d 25 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jan 16, 1979

He stated that the "brown" shirt the appellant was wearing was not the distinguishing characteristic about the appellant: "When he throwed that gun on me, that's what made me look deeper". … Neil v. Biggers , 409 U.S. 188 , 93 S.Ct. 375 , 34 L.Ed.2d 401 (1972); Manson v.

James v. State

381 So. 2d 672 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Mar 18, 1980

Coffman then looked out and saw a black male, dressed in a brown and tan "T" shirt and blue jeans. The "T" shirt had blood on it. … Little v. State , Ala.Cr.App., 357 So.2d 379 (1978) Cummings v. State , Ala.Cr.App., 356 So.2d 779 (1978); and Seruggs v. State , Ala.Cr.App., 359 So.2d 836 , cert. denied, Ala., 359 So.2d 843 (1978).

Carlisle v. State

367 So. 2d 569 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Dec 19, 1978

Carlisle v. State, 356 So.2d 702 . It appears in the indictment and in the record that the victim of the robbery was a pharmacist working in a drugstore in Jefferson County. … You were aware that the case had been reversed on appeal, that it had been tried by a lawyer from Tuscaloosa and that it had been appealed by Roger Brown or Rusty McDonald? “A Yes.”

Gaillard v. State

435 So. 2d 778 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Jul 5, 1983

the finding of this indictment Jerald Gaillard whose name is to the Grand Jury otherwise unknown than as stated, did knowingly enter or remain unlawfully in a building, Palmer School, the property of Mobile County School Board … See also Sullivan v. State, Ala.Cr.App., 340 So.2d 878 .

Copeland v. State

455 So. 2d 951 · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · Apr 24, 1984

Barbosa v. State , 331 So.2d 811 (Ala.Cr.App. 1976); Turner v. State , 380 So.2d 393 (Ala.Cr.App. 1980); Thomas v. State , 383 So.2d 214 (Ala.Cr.App. 1980); Lewis v. … Boyington v. State , 227 So.2d 807 , 809 (Ala.Cr.App. 1969); Frye v. State , 369 So.2d 892 (Ala.Cr.App. 1979); Brown v. State , 392 So.2d 1248 (Ala.Cr.App. 1980), cert. denied, 392 So.2d 1266 (Ala. 1981); Wilder v.