Legal Opinion
Robert Wesley, Jr., 82257 v. State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 11, 1974No. 73-2713PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Per curiam
Wesley, a prisoner of the State of Alabama, has appealed from the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus. We vacate the ruling below and remand the cause for an evidentiary hearing.
Wesley was seventeen years old when he pled guilty to three charges of burglary in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama. On November 16, 1961, he was sentenced to serve two years consecutively on each charge. No direct appeal was taken from these judgments of conviction, the validity of which Wesley now attacks in these proceedings.
Wesley escaped from confinement on March 19, 1962, and…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- M. J. Wiman, Warden v. Jimmy Argo, Alias, Jimmy Argo, Alias v. M. J. Wiman, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Dolphus L. Dulin v. C. Murray Henderson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- William Burton v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Robert Webster v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Arthur Lee Norris v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1987
- Grech v. WainwrightCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Ladd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
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