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Ex Parte Rockholt

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided July 14, 1960No. 3 Div. 911PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LAWSON, Justice.

This is an original petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in this court by Edward A. Rockholt pro se. Rockholt is confined in Kilby Prison under a fifteen-year sentence based on a conviction of rape in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County in 1947.

It appears from the petition that Rockholt applied to a judge of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus. § 6, Title 15, Code 1940. The petition so presented was stricken on motion of the State.

It is averred in the petition filed here that Rockholt gave notice of appeal to the Court of…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Johnson v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  2. Robertson v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1924
  3. Ex parte CroomSupreme Court of Alabama · 1851
  4. Vernon v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  5. State ex rel. Attorney General v. SpeakeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Rice v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  2. Cooper v. WimanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962
  3. O'SUCH v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  4. Parham v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1970
  5. Ex Parte LeeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963

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