Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Burton

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 27, 1963No. 3 Div. 76PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODWYN, Justice.

This is an original habeas corpus petition filed here by John E. Burton, who is confined in Kilby Prison under a five year sentence for grand larceny imposed by the circuit court of Walker County.

It appears from the petition that, on March 26, 1963, Burton applied to a judge of the circuit court of Montgomery County for a writ of habeas corpus. Code 1940, Tit. 15, § 6. Attached to said petition, and made a part thereof, is a copy of the order rendered in that proceeding on May 7, 1963, holding that Burton is not “entitled to his discharge on habeas corpus, that the writ be…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Johnson v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
  2. Griffin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  3. Vernon v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1941
  4. Smotherman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1903
  5. Vernon v. WilsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1941

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Ex Parte ColbertCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
  2. Ex parte CarmackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  3. Price v. HolmanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
  4. Clay v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1990
  5. Ex parte WorksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963

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