Weathington v. City of Birmingham

TYSON, Judge.

Appellant, Ulyss Eugene Weathington, petitioner below, takes this appeal from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, following a hearing, in which petitioner’s release from custody on habeas corpus was denied.

On March 7, 1973, Weathington entered guilty pleas in the Recorder’s Court of Birmingham before Recorder’s Judge T. M. Smallwood, involving several misdemeanor charges, which were: Driving while Intoxicated, Public Drunkenness, No Automobile Tag, No Drivers License, and Carrying a Concealed Weapon. All these charges arose out of an incident which…