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In re Doucette

Supreme Court of Alabama
Nov 26, 2008
10 So. 3d 126 (Ala. 2008)

Summary

recognizing that the mere approach and questioning of a person seated in a parked vehicle do not constitute a seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment

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Opinion

No. 1071664.

November 26, 2008.

(Jefferson Circuit Court, Bessemer Division, CC-06-73; Court of Criminal Appeals, CR-06-1712); Teresa B. Petelos, Judge.

Talitha Powers Bailey, Birmingham, for petitioner.

Submitted on petitioner's brief only.

Prior report: Ala.Crim.App., 10 So.3d 117.


The petition for the writ of certiorari is denied.

In denying the petition for the writ of certiorari, this Court does not wish to be understood as approving all the language, reasons, or statements of law in the Court of Criminal Appeals' opinion. Horsley v. Horsley, 291 Ala. 782, 280 So.2d 155 (1973).

WRIT DENIED.

SEE, WOODALL, STUART, SMITH, BOLIN, PARKER, and MURDOCK, JJ., concur.

LYONS, J., dissents.


Summaries of

In re Doucette

Supreme Court of Alabama
Nov 26, 2008
10 So. 3d 126 (Ala. 2008)

recognizing that the mere approach and questioning of a person seated in a parked vehicle do not constitute a seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment

Summary of this case from Muse v. State
Case details for

In re Doucette

Case Details

Full title:Ex parte Ronald Slater DOUCETTE (In re: Ronald Slater Doucette v. State of…

Court:Supreme Court of Alabama

Date published: Nov 26, 2008

Citations

10 So. 3d 126 (Ala. 2008)

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