Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Smith

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 8, 1988No. 86-1448Published

1Opinion of the Court

557 So.2d 13 (1988)

Ex parte James Lewis SMITH.

(Re James Lewis Smith v. State of Alabama).

86-1448.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

April 8, 1988.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 1988.

John C. Cason, Montgomery, for petitioner.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and J. Randall McNeill, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

JONES, Justice.

The petitioner was arrested and indicted on charges of rape, burglary, and sodomy, all arising out of the same alleged incident. As a result of a plea bargain agreement, the sodomy charge was nol-prossed and the petitioner pleaded guilty to the charges of first degree rape and first degree…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Williams v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  4. Bordenkircher v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. United States v. GoodwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1982

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