Legal Opinion

Larry Lawrence v. Charlie Jones, Warden, and the Attorney General of the State of Alabama

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided February 26, 1988No. 87-7148PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Opinion of the Court

HILL, Circuit Judge:

In 1970 petitioner Lawrence pled guilty to a charge of sodomy and was placed on probation for a two year period. In 1975 petitioner was convicted of grand larceny, and in 1978, of burglary in the second degree. Finally, in 1981 Lawrence was convicted of theft of property in the second degree, and was sentenced under the Alabama Habitual Felony Offender Act to 15 years in prison, to be served concurrently with a sixteen-year sentence and a ten-year sentence. The state of Alabama and petitioner Lawrence agree that the sodomy conviction was used to enhance the 1981 sentence,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Gryger v. BurkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Jerry Dwayne Baxter v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Dept. Of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  3. Larry Hill v. Leland Q. Linahan, Jr., Superintendent, Jack T. Rutledge Correctional Institution, Columbus, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  4. Johnny Honeycutt v. Benjamin Ward, Commissioner of Corrections for the State of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1979
  5. Walter Paul Arnold v. Ronald Marshall, Supt., and William J. Brown, Attorney General, State of OhioCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Walters v. ScottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  2. Calvin Gunn v. Lanson Newsome, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
  3. Rideau v. WhitleyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
  4. Willie James Williams v. Willie E. Johnson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
  5. Willie Earl Bedford v. Attorney General of the State of Alabama and Charlie E. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991

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