Legal Opinion
Sandifer v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided October 11, 1988PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
535 So.2d 203 (1987)
Curtis SANDIFER
v.
STATE.
8 Div. 837.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.
October 27, 1987.
On Return to Remand June 14 and October 11, 1988.
H. Coleman Benton, Huntsville, for appellant.
Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and P. David Bjurberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.
McMILLAN, Judge.
Appellant's counsel has failed to file a brief. The appellant is entitled to effective assistance of counsel on first appeal of right. Evitts v. Lucey, 469 U.S. 387, 105 S.Ct. 830, 83 L.Ed.2d 821 (1985); Poe v. State, 510 So.2d 852 (Ala.Cr.App.1987).
Therefore, this case is remanded to the trial…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Evitts v. LuceySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Blackburn v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Edmonds v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Ex Parte KennedySupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Siebert v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1989
- Joyce v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
- Archer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991
- Ex Parte SandiferCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2005
- Ready v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
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