Legal Opinion
Harris v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided September 29, 1989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In response to this Court's opinion and order of June 16, 1989, both parties have filed briefs on the issues of the timeliness of Harris's request for a transcript of the coram nobis proceedings and the proper remedy should this Court find that the request was timely.
I
The significant facts are set out below in chronological order. Those facts reveal a complex labyrinth of procedural chaos and confusion.
February 18, 1975: Harris was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death for his participation in a 1974 prison uprising in which one prison guard was killed. This conviction was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Britt v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Mayer v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Dunn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
- Coffman v. BomarDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1963
- Robert Glen Sutton and Paul S. Sutton v. Russell E. Lash, Warden, Indiana State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Vincent v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
- Quick v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2001
- Rika v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991