Legal Opinion

Champion v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided November 4, 1969No. 6 Div. 22PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Judge.

This is an appeal from denial of writ of coram nobis to review a conviction of second degree burglary based on a plea of guilty.

I

The ground for setting aside the conviction is Champion’s allegation and testimony that when he was brought into the city police station in Tuscaloosa, while talking on the telephone to his mother, a city detective started beating on him. His mother, to the extent of her ability from what she heard of the telephone conversation, corroborated this claim.

*189The State filed a motion to dismiss based on two major grounds: first, that this allegation was of a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  4. Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Senn v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1966

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Summers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  2. Seibert v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1977
  3. Hall v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1969
  4. Cooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971
  5. Bibby v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980

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