REID v. STATE

6 Div. 818.

388 So.2d 202 (1979)

William Allen REID v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied November 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Palmer Keith, Jr. and F. Wayne Keith, Keith, Keith & Keith, Birmingham, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Mary Jane LeCroy, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, appellee.


TYSON, Judge.

The appellant was convicted for the robbery of a drug store and punishment was fixed by the jury at ten years in the state penitentiary. This appeal concerns the legality of a warrantless search of appellant's tool box on his pickup truck. Incriminating evidence was seized during the warrantless search and was introduced by the state over objection. We hold that the search was illegal within the parameters of the Fourth Amendment protection and that...

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