Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Hamilton

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 22, 2006No. 1041750PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This petition for a writ of certiorari seeks review of the Court of Criminal Appeals' denial, without an opinion, of S.K. Hamilton's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which Hamilton asserted that his right to a speedy trial had been violated. We reverse and remand.

Facts and Procedural History

The petitioner, S.K. Hamilton, is a defendant in the Talladega Circuit Court charged with capital murder. Hamilton was arrested on November 13, 2002, and appears, based on the materials before us, to have been held in the Talladega County jail without bond since that date. The relevant dates and…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. Coral v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
  4. Joseph Avery Robinson v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  5. Ex Parte ApicellaSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Ex Parte TerrySupreme Court of Alabama · 2007
  2. Money v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2012
  3. Crandle v. OliverDistrict Court, S.D. Alabama · 2018
  4. Ex Parte Sk HamiltonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2007
  5. State v. HamiltonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2007

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