Legal Opinion
Smith v. Pelham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided June 23, 1949No. 1 Div. 371PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWSON, Justice.
' This is an original petition to this court for mandamus to compel the Honorable Joe M. Pelham, as Judge of the Circuit Court of the First Judicial Circuit, to en- . tertain, hear, and determine the application of petitioner, Ethel Smith, for probation under the provisions of § 19, Title 42, Code 1940.
We issued rule nisi on May 26, 1949, on a petition on that day filed, which alleged in substance that on April 22, 1947, petitioner was convicted in the circuit court of Washington County of manslaughter in the first degree and as punishment therefor was sentenced to five years…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Ex Parte United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- United States v. MayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- United States v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- People v. SidwellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1945
- Nix v. JamesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1925
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3Cited by14 opinions
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