RICKMAN v. STATE

6 Div. 540.

361 So.2d 22 (1978)

S. T. RICKMAN, alias v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied February 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph I. Knowles, Jr., of Drake & Knowles, Tuscaloosa, for appellant.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Winston D. Durant, Asst. Atty. Gen. for the State, for appellee.


BOOKOUT, Judge.

Illegal possession of cocaine; sentence: $300 fine and three years imprisonment.

The only issue presented concerns the warrantless stop and search of the appellant and his automobile. The State contends that the search was legal for it was made with probable cause coincidental with exigent circumstances, which is an exception to the warrant requirement. Chambers v. Maroney, 399 U.S. 42, 90 S.Ct. 1975,...

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