Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Casey

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided February 22, 2002No. 1001555Published

1Opinion of the Court

852 So.2d 175 (2002)

Ex parte Nathan Sherman CASEY.

(Re Nathan Casey v. State of Alabama).

1001555.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 22, 2002.

Rehearing Denied May 31, 2002.

Nathan Sherman Casey, pro se.

William H. Pryor, Jr., atty. gen., and Yvonne A.H. Saxon, asst. atty. gen., for respondent.

WOODALL, Justice.

This Court granted certiorari review to determine whether convictions as to which a "full" pardon has been given can be used for sentence-enhancement purposes under the Habitual Felony Offender Act. We hold that a full pardon precludes such use of the pardoned convictions. Therefore, we…

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2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Lockhart v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Ex Parte GarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
  3. Bozza v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  4. United States v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1833
  5. In Re LavineCalifornia Supreme Court · 1935

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