Legal Opinion

Wallace v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided November 22, 1971No. 5654PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Lyle Brown, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying appellant’s petition for a writ of error coram nobis. Appellant contends the writ should have been granted because (a) he was without counsel, (b) he was not intelligently capable of waiving his right to counsel, and (c) he was not intellectually capable of understanding the effects and consequences of his plea of guilty.

The official docket sheet shows that appellant was charged with forging a check and uttering the same; that he was sent to the State Hospital for observation and no psychosis was found; that he entered a plea of…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Swagger v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1956
  2. Hydrick v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1912
  3. Ex Parte WilsonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  4. Walker v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1971
  5. People v. GirardCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1971

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Penn v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984

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