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Rockholt v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided June 30, 1961No. 3 Div. 81PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRICE, Judge.

Edward A. Rockholt filed in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, a petition for habeas corpus to be directed to the Warden of Kilby Prison.

Petitioner alleged that he was sentenced to the state penitentiary from Lauderdale County, Alabama, for a term of fifteen years; that his sentence started on February 14, 1950; that he escaped on December 12, 1951, and was returned to prison on March 16, 1953; that he served 9 days in solitary confinement in May 1953, as punishment for such escape; that petitioner was given a parole on February 4, 1957, but that he was arrested on…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Taylor v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1948

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Shattuck v. GriderCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1972
  2. Ex parte NationsAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963
  3. Gurley v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1965
  4. Cazalas v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963
  5. Dickerson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1970

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