Legal Opinion

Thatch v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided March 20, 1984No. 8 Div. 971Published

1Opinion of the Court

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a denial of a pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis could appropriately be disposed of by an affirmance without an opinion. Nevertheless, it is believed that the exemplary handling of the matter by the trial judge and the attorneys on an evidentiary hearing of the petition should by an opinion be made known generally “to whom it may concern.”

Soon after the filing of the pro se petition that petitioner executed while in Holman Prison, in which he requested that he be allowed to proceed in forma pauperis, the court appointed an…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Morgan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
  2. McClendon v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  3. Dewrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  4. Cooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974
  5. Pride v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974

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