Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Sorsby
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided October 19, 2007No. 1050636PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOLIN, Justice.
On March 3, 2005, William Kenneth Sorsby pleaded guilty in the District Court of Jefferson County to driving under the influence, in violation of § 32-5A-191(a)(3), *141Ala.Code 1975.1 At the time he entered his guilty plea, Sorsby did not waive his right to appeal. On March 11, 2005, Sorsby filed a notice of appeal seeking a trial de novo in the Jefferson Circuit Court. On July 14, 2005, the State moved that the appeal be dismissed, arguing that the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to consider the appeal because, when Sorsby pleaded guilty, he did not reserve any issue for appeal…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Carlisle v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
- Holsemback v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
- Ex Parte FosheeSupreme Court of Alabama · 1945
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. LancasterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1898
- Ex Parte HeatonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Ex Parte State of AlabamaCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2008
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