Legal Opinion
Coleman v. Alabama
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 22, 1970No. 72PublishedCited by 1,745 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Brennan
Petitioners were convicted in an Alabama Circuit Court of assault with intent to murder in the shooting of one Reynolds after he and his wife parked their car on an Alabama highway to change a flat tire. The Alabama Court of Appeals affirmed, 44 Ala. App. 429, 211 So. 2d 917 (1968), and the Alabama Supreme Court denied review, 282 Ala. 725, 211 So. 2d 927 (1968). We granted certiorari, 394 U. S. 916 (1969). We vacate and remand.
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