Legal Opinion
Burden v. Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 17, 1978No. 76-2327PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
On April 25, 1970, Robert Lee Burden was arrested on a charge filed by his estranged wife accusing him of “carnally knowing, or abusing in the attempt to carnally know, Charlene Burden a girl under the age of 12.” An Alabama grand jury subsequently indicted Burden as a result of these charges. The state trial court appointed counsel for Burden, and, on June 4, 1971, Burden pled guilty to the charges. The court sentenced Burden to a prison term of fifty years.
Although Burden did not file an appeal directly attacking his conviction, he has filed numerous collateral…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gennero Galtieri v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, John Matera v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Burden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974
- Burden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975
3Cited by10 opinions
- Arthur Donnell Miller, Jr. v. Ron ChampionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- Jack Messelt v. State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- James H. Gaddy v. Leland Q. Linahan, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Charles Coleman, Cross-Appellee v. State of Alabama, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Lawrence La Vern Sober v. Roger W. Crist, Warden, Montana State Prison, and Michael T. Greely, Attorney General, State of MontanaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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