Legal Opinion
Mayola v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided March 8, 1977PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In November of 1962, Michael Anthony Mayola, the appellant, was convicted of the first-degree murder of an eleven year old child. He was sentence to life imprisonment. No appeal was taken from that conviction for which the maximum penalty was death.
On April 3, 1973, the appellant filed a pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis, which he subsequently amended, and which, as amended, was heard and denied. This denial was appealed and this court in Mayola v. State, 57 Ala. App. 137, 326 So.2d 665 (1976) affirmed the ruling of the lower court.
Mayola subsequently filed a petition for a writ…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Draper v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Smith v. BennettSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Lane v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Eskridge v. Washington State Board of Prison Terms & ParolesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
39 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by19 opinions
- Michael A. Mayola v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Hyde v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
- Summers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- Dolvin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
- Pilley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
14 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.