BUCKELEW v. STATE

8 Div. 169.

265 So.2d 195 (1972)

Donald BUCKELEW v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barnett, Tingle & Noble, Birmingham, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty Gen., and J. Victor Price, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


CATES, Judge.

Possession and sale of LSD: sentence, fifteen years in the penitentiary.

I

Appellant's first claim of error rests on an allegation that one Otten, the State's principal witness, was under a contingent reward basis.

If there had been such an arrangement it would have gone to the weight to be accorded Otten's testimony. Knight v. State, 23 Ala.App. 582, 129 So. 478. A contingency requiring conviction does not taint a reward. Dixon...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases