O'Reilly v. State

Decision Date10 February 1938
Docket Number8 Div. 871
Citation179 So. 263,235 Ala. 328
PartiesO'REILLY v. STATE.
CourtAlabama Supreme Court

Certiorari to Court of Appeals.

Petition of Lawrence O'Reilly for certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review and revise the judgment and decision of that court in the case of O'Reilly v. State, 179 So. 263.

Writ denied.

W.L. Chenault, of Russellville, for petitioner.

A.A. Carmichael, Atty. Gen., for the State.

BROWN, Justice.

The petitioner was convicted of the offense of "operating a motor vehicle upon a highway while under the influence of intoxicating liquor, contrary to law," an offense denounced by section 3324 of the Code 1923, which provides that: "Whoever operates a motor vehicle while in an intoxicated condition is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not exceeding five hundred dollars, and may, in the discretion of the court be sentenced to imprisonment in the county jail or to hard labor for the county for a term not exceeding six months."

Under the terms of this statute, enacted by the Legislature in the exercise of the police power, the place of operation is not made an element of the offense.

On petitioner's appeal to the Court of Appeals, the judgment of conviction was affirmed, without opinion, and under the settled rules of review by certiorari to that court its decision is not reviewable. Lawson v. State, 219 Ala. 461, 122 So. 467; Fannie Robinson v. State, 227 Ala. 699, 149 So. 922; Roy Cofield v. City of Anniston, 220 Ala. 697, 124 So. 916; Rogers v. State, 223 Ala. 53, 134 So. 813; Waldrop v. State, 223 Ala. 413, 136 So. 736; Jones v. State, 225 Ala. 398, 143 So. 837.

Writ denied.

ANDERSON, C.J., and THOMAS and KNIGHT, JJ., concur.

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  • Lunceford v. City of Northport, 6 Div. 664
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • November 10, 1988
    ...the Legislature in the exercise of the police power, the place of operation is not made an element of the offense." O'Reilly v. State, 235 Ala. 328, 329, 179 So. 263 (1938). As indicated above, the inclusion of the location of the driving within the language of the indictment is surplusage.......
  • Smith v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • June 30, 1989
    ...the Legislature in the exercise of the police power, the place of operation is not made an element of the offense.' O'Reilly v. State, 235 Ala. 328, 329, 179 So. 263 (1938). "As indicated above, the inclusion of the location of the driving within the language of the indictment is surplusage......
  • State v. Lee
    • United States
    • Hawaii Supreme Court
    • June 7, 1974
    ...People v. Taylor, 202 Misc. 265, 111 N.Y.S.2d 703 (Magis.Ct.N.Y.1952); State v. Weston, 202 S.W.2d 50 (Mo.1947); O'Reilly v. State, 235 Ala. 328, 179 So. 263 (1938); State v. Dowling, 204 Iowa 977, 216 N.W. 271 (1927); Annotation, Drunken Driving-On Private Property: 29 ALR3d 938. See also,......
  • Carter v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Appeals
    • November 23, 1948
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