Legal Opinion

Blevins v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 29, 1978No. 8 Div. 83Published

1Opinion of the Court

HARRIS, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Morgan County, Alabama, denying appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He was in custody of the Sheriff of Morgan County under a rendition warrant issued by Honorable George C. Wallace, Governor of Alabama, at the request of Honorable Dolph Briscoe, Governor of Texas.

The rendition warrant recites that appellant is charged by transcript in the County of Harris in said State, with the crime of murder with malice (1) and escaped from lawful custody. The rendition warrant fails to comply with the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Kingsbury's caseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
  2. Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  3. Ross v. CrofuttSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
  4. Ex parte DevineMississippi Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Aldio v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967

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