McKessick v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 13, 1973

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1973-09-13

Relies on Draper v. United States · Ker v. State of California · United States v. Harris

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Decided 1973-09-13

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Cited by 12 later decisions — most recently December 1999

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BLOODWORTH, Justice

¶1(concurring specially):

¶2I concur in the opinion of Mr. Justice Maddox which affirms the conviction of the defendant because, in my judgment, the testimony set out in his opinion clearly shows that there was “probable cause” to stop and arrest defendant. Thus, the search and seizure was reasonable since it was incident to a lawful arrest. Draper v. United States, 358 U.S. 307, 79 S.Ct. 329, 3 L.Ed.2d 327 (1959); Ker v. California, 374 U.S. 23, 83 S.Ct. 1623, 10 L.Ed.2d 726 (1961); United States v. Harris, 403 U.S. 573, 91 S.Ct. 2075, 29 L.Ed.2d 723 (1971).

HEFLIN, C. J., concurs.