Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Boatwright

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 5, 1985No. 84-210Published

1Opinion of the Court

471 So.2d 1257 (1985)

Ex parte Clifford Merrill BOATWRIGHT.

(Re: Clifford Merrill Boatwright v. State).

84-210.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 5, 1985.

Thomas M. Goggans of Goggans & McInnish, Montgomery, for petitioner.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Fred F. Bell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

BEATTY, Justice.

This Court granted certiorari to determine whether the Court of Criminal Appeals, 471 So.2d 1255, was correct in affirming the trial court's denial of an evidentiary hearing to the petitioner on his petition for a writ of error coram nobis. We reverse and remand.

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2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Ex Parte BoatwrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  3. Ellison v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
  4. Kennedy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  5. Henry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980

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