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STATE v. MORRIS

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677 So.2d 748 (1996)

Ex parte State of Alabama. Re STATE v. Sandy MORRIS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 5, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeff Sessions, Atty. Gen., and Margaret S. Childers, Asst. Atty. Gen., for petitioner.

H. Lewis Gillis of Thomas, Means & Gillis, P.C., Montgomery, for respondent.

COOK, Justice.

WRIT QUASHED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

SHORES, HOUSTON, KENNEDY, and INGRAM, JJ., concur.

HOOPER, C.J., and MADDOX and BUTTS, JJ., dissent.

MADDOX, Justice (dissenting).

This is a drug possession case. The issue is whether an informant's tip created probable cause for the police to conduct a warrantless search of the defendant's van. The trial court granted the defendant's motion to suppress the evidence. The State appealed...

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