Legal Opinion

Bland v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided December 16, 1975No. 3 Div. 401PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Possession of heroin; guilty plea; sentence: two and one-half years imprisonment.

On February 28, 1974, the appellant executed “Exhibit A,” a form detailing all the rights enunciated in Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 (1969), commonly referred to as an Ireland form. (Ireland v. State, 47 Ala.App. 65, 250 So.2d 602). The appellant, his attorney and the circuit judge all signed the form, acknowledging that the appellant understood the rights enumerated therein and voluntarily entered a plea of guilty.

A minute entry in the record, dated the same date,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Ireland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971
  3. Twyman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  2. Dingler v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  3. McNalley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  4. Eady v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  5. Fields v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976

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