Legal Opinion

Swanson v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided December 30, 1976No. 7 Div. 430PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

TYSON, Presiding Judge.

On October 19,1976, this Court remanded this cause for a hearing with directions that the appellant, Sider Swanson, be given an opportunity, through counsel, to be furnished a record of “sufficient completeness” of his original trial held in the Circuit Court of Calhoun County, Alabama, as is required by Griffin v. Illinois, 351 U.S. 12, 76 S.Ct. 585, 100 L.Ed. 891; and Draper v. Washington, 372 U.S. 487, 83 S.Ct. 774, 9 L.Ed.2d 899, to the end that Sider Swanson might be afforded adequate appellate review, the same as an appellant who had funds with which to purchase a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. Draper v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America v. HatasSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
  4. Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
  5. Swanson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Ex Parte SteenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983

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