Legal Opinion
Fields v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided November 23, 1976No. 1 Div. 749PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOOKOUT, Judge.
On guilty pleas, appellant was sentenced to five concurrent terms of twenty years imprisonment on five robbery indictments.
Each judgment entry makes the finding that:
“ . . (1) the defendant understands his constitutional rights and the nature of the crime charged in this indictment, and the consequences of his guilty plea, and (2) the defendant understandingly and voluntarily waives his constitutional rights and pleads guilty.”
There is no colloquy between the trial judge and the appellant anywhere in the record. There is an Ireland form (Ireland v. State, 47 Ala.App. 65, 250…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Ireland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971
- Twyman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
- Bland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975
- Starks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975
3Cited by2 opinions
- McNalley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- Alexander v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986