Word v. City of Decatur

Full title: Thee WORD, Jr. v. CITY OF DECATUR.

Court: Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals

Date published: Mar 2, 1971

246 So. 2d 87 (Ala. Crim. App. 1971)

Opinion

246 So.2d 87 (Ala.Crim.App. 1971) Thee WORD, Jr. v. CITY OF DECATUR. 8 Div. 119. Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama. March 2, 1971

       Appeal from County Court, Morgan County; C. Bennett McRae, judge.

       Ralph E. Slate, Decatur, for appellant.

       Colemans&sCauthen, Decatur, for the City of Decatur.

       PER CURIAM:

       On authority of Ray v. City of Prichard, 45 Ala.App. 32, 222 So.2d 345 (cert. den. 396 U.S. 931, 90 S.Ct. 261, 24 L.Ed.2d 228), the judgment below is

       Affirmed.

       CATES, J., dissents on authority of Waller v. Florida, 397 U.S. 387, 90 S.Ct. 1184, 25 L.Ed.2d 435, and his dissenting opinion in Lazarte v. City of Mountain Brook, 6 Div. 1, 46 Ala.App. ----, 248 So.2d 148 (presently on cert. in the Sup.Ct. of Ala.).