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Dannelly v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Oct 21, 1971
287 Ala. 729 (Ala. 1971)

Opinion

2 Div. 544.

October 21, 1971.

Petition for writ of certiorari to Court of Criminal Appeals.

Pitts, Pitts Thompson, Selma, L. Y. Sadler, John Godbold, Camden, for petitioner.

William J. Baxley, Attorney General, and David Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


Petition of William Edward Ashby Dannelly, Jr. for Certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision of that Court in Dannelly v. State, 47 Ala. App. 363, 254 So.2d 434.

Writ denied.

HARWOOD, MADDOX and McCALL, JJ., concur.

HEFLIN, C. J., concurs in the result.


I concur in the result of denying the writ in this cause. However, I want it clearly understood that I do not approve all of the language contained in the opinion of the Court of Criminal Appeals. My position concerning drug-affected confessions was set forth in a dissenting opinion in Beecher v. State, Sup.Ct., Mo., 7 Div. 846.


Summaries of

Dannelly v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama
Oct 21, 1971
287 Ala. 729 (Ala. 1971)
Case details for

Dannelly v. State

Case Details

Full title:In re William Edward Ashby DANNELLY, Jr. v. STATE of Alabama. Ex parte…

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Oct 21, 1971

Citations

287 Ala. 729 (Ala. 1971)
254 So. 2d 443

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