267 Ala. 123 - Dentman v. State

How this case has been cited

Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently June 2001 · most notably Holcombe v. Whitaker (1975), 43 Ala. App. 642 - Carr v. State (1967)

34 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

MERRILL, Justice

¶1(dissenting).

¶2There is no difference of opinion between the majority and me as to the law enunciated in that opinion. The disagreement comes in the application of that law to the facts as stated in the opinion. From a reading of the record, my interpretation of the facts differs from those recited in the majority opinion, and lead me to a conclusion that the statement of the defendant related by Marible was not a veiled threat against the deceased or any agent of the city, and when all the circumstances are *129considered, even if error was committed, it was not prejudicial to the rights of the defendant.

¶3I, therefore, respectfully dissent.

LAWSON, J., concurs in the foregoing dissent.