Legal Opinion
Sellers v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided May 30, 1972No. 4 Div. 40PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALMON, Judge.
Appellant was -indicted in Houston County, Alabama, for second degree burglary. After several years delay caused by his imprisonment in the State of Georgia appellant filed a motion to dismiss the indictment on the ground that the State of Alabama had denied him his constitutional right to a speedy trial. He also entered a special plea requesting discharge from the indictment on the ground that he had been discharged from an Alabama detainer by a Georgia court on a writ of habeas corpus based upon the denial to him of a speedy trial by the State of Alabama. After a hearing at…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Klopfer v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Huntington v. AttrillSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Dickey v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Arthur v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1996
- Tidmore v. City of BirminghamCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- Watson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
- Smith v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981
- Montgomery v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
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