Legal Opinion
Richardson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided August 14, 1984PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In May of 1975, Willie James Richardson was indicted and convicted for burglary in the first degree. Sentence was thirty years' imprisonment. In June of 1978, this Court affirmed Richardson's conviction.
Richardson filed a petition for writ of federal habeas corpus which was granted by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama. That Court found Richardson's court-appointed counsel ineffective because he filed a one-sentence "no merit" brief in support of Richardson's direct appeal from his conviction. Richardson v. Bookhart [Ms. March 25, 1983, 81-38-N]. The decision…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Danny Ray Mylar, A/K/A Danny Ray Miles v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- Antonio Perez v. Louie L. Wainwright, Secretary, Department of Offender RehabilitationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Franklin David Passmore v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by14 opinions
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