Legal Opinion
Frank M. Williams v. State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 16, 1965No. 21656_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge.
Frank Williams, a prisoner in Kilby Penitentiary, Alabama, in proper person appeals in forma pauperis from an order of the district court dismissing his petition for habeas corpus and denying an evidentiary hearing on the petition. The court below concluded that a full hearing was unnecessary because the State of Alabama had previously accorded the petitioner a full and fair coram nobis hearing on all the issues raised in this habeas corpus proceeding. Williams points out to us that he has no counsel, has a limited education, is unfamiliar with legal forms and phrases,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by31 opinions
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