Legal Opinion
J.W. Rickett v. Charles Jones, Warden (St. Clair) and the Attorney General of the State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 22, 1990No. 89-7357PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:
The question is whether sentencing a repeat felony offender to life imprisonment in accordance with Alabama’s mandatory Habitual Felony Offender Act (“HFOA” or “Act”), Ala.Code § 13A-5-9 (1975), constitutes an equal protection violation when a co-defendant, who was also a repeat offender, was not sentenced pursuant to the Act. The answer is “no”.
Rickett was arrested on charges of theft and jailed. With the assistance of Battles, a fellow detainee, Rickett escaped from jail. The two were recaptured. Battles, on the eve of his trial, pleaded guilty to escape and theft…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Burgett v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by12 opinions
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