Legal Opinion
McLester v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided November 13, 1984PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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The appellant, Terry Wayne McLester, appeals the trial court's dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, or in the alternative, petition for writ of error coram nobis. Among the allegations in his petition, McLester alleged that his sentence of life without the possibility of parole is violative of the eighth amendment proscription against cruel and unusual punishment, for it is disproportionate to the crime committed and it is the result of the…
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