Legal Opinion

Dunn v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided May 21, 1982No. 81-57PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MADDOX, Justice.

We granted the writ in this cause to review petitioner’s claim that a void conviction was used to enhance his punishment. The Court of Criminal Appeals wrote no opinion in this case, and petitioner made no request pursuant to Rule 39(k), A.R.A.P., to get his constitutional claim properly presented to us for review; therefore, we are of the opinion that petitioner’s petition was improvidently entertained and the writ of certiorari is due to be quashed.

In quashing the writ, however, we should not be understood as holding that petitioner is foreclosed from filing a proceeding to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Charles Edwin Bullard v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  2. Ex Parte McCurleySupreme Court of Alabama · 1980

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Crawford v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  2. Andersen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  3. Chambers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  4. Wyllie v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
  5. Ex Parte Save Our Streams, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1989

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