Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Seals
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 26, 1961No. 1 Div. 949PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.
Willie Seals, Jr., was convicted in the Circuit Court of Mobile County, Alabama, of the offense of rape. He is a Negro and his victim was a white woman.
On appeal to this court, Seals’ conviction was affirmed, ante, p. 142, 122 So.2d 513.
The indictment against Seals was returned by the grand jury of Mobile County on October 24, 1958. He entered a plea of not guilty and was tried by a jury, which, on December 4, 1958, returned a verdict of guilty as charged and fixed his punishment at death.
Seals was represented at his trial by Honorable Wallace L. Johnson who did not…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Michel v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- In Re WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Johnson v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
- Andrews v. SwartzSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
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3Cited by34 opinions
- United States of America Ex Rel. Willie Seals, Jr. v. Martin J. Wiman, Warden, Kilby Prison, Montgomery, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Phil Whitus and Leon Davis v. R. P. Balkcom, Jr., Warden, State Penitentiary, Reidsville, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Aldridge v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Seals v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1968
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
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