Legal Opinion

Wilcox v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided March 4, 1975No. 1 Div. 544PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Appellant was indicted by the Mobile County Grand Jury on a charge of robbery January 13, 1972. He was declared by the trial court to be an indigent, and an attorney was appointed July 1, 1974. Trial began October 1, 1974, and ended the next day with a Jury verdict of guilty with punishment fixed at ten years in the penitentiary.

The trial court appointed counsel for appellant on appeal and a free transcript was ordered by the trial court. Counsel for appellant filed a “no merit letter” with this Court on February 7, 1975.

The State’s case against the appellant consisted of two…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Alexander v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
  3. Alexander v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967
  4. George v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974
  5. State v. OliverCourt of Civil Appeals of Alabama · 1974

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Heard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  2. Youngblood v. City of BirminghamCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
  3. Horton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975
  4. Mayes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975

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