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Ex parte Works

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided August 29, 1963No. 3 Div. 91PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This is an original petition filed in this Court for a writ of habeas corpus by Lamar Works against William C. Holman, Warden of Kilby Prison. Petitioner is presently confined in Kilby Prison under a sentence of 20 years imposed by the Circuit Court of Etowah County, Alabama, on the 22nd day of October, 1961, for the offense of robbery.

The Attorney General of Alabama has filed a motion to strike the petition on the ground that petitioner’s remedy, if any, is not by filing an original petition for habeas corpus in the Supreme Court of Alabama.

The Attorney General’s…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ex Parte BurtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  2. Ex Parte SmithSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  3. Ex Parte TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  4. Ex parte CarmackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  5. Ex parte GlissonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United States of America Upon the Relation and for the Use of the Tennessee Valley Authority v. Richard L. HughesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
  2. John Shell and Connie Shell v. Sherri Cole Williams v. Rick ShellCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2014
  3. Lynn Rogers v. Jon RoachCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2012
  4. Richard E. Riegel, Jr. v. Patricia A. WilkersonCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2014
  5. Stout v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965

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