Legal Opinion
Baggett v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided October 5, 1971No. 6 Div. 210PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
CATES, Judge.
In 1967 Baggett, according to the records of the circuit • court, pled guilty to first degree murder and a jury fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. The plea was the result of a bargain between counsel.
November 1969 Baggett petitioned for a writ of error coram nobis. November 25, 1970, after a hearing the circuit court de*300nied the petition and remanded Baggett to the penitentiary.
Baggett claimed (1) he was coerced into pleading guilty, (2) he had inadequate court appointed counsel, and (3) counsel refused to cooperate in preparing a defense.
A contemporaneous report shows…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- In Re TahlCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- Ernst v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1969
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Lewis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978