Legal Opinion
Strickland v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided May 4, 1965PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CATES, Judge.
Strickland appeals the denial of coram nobis by the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County.
His principal complaint is that he was denied effective assistance of counsel while indigent.
In 1961, while in the Tuscaloosa County jail waiting to be transported to the penitentiary, Strickland escaped. He was indicted by the Tuscaloosa County grand jury for the offense denounced by Code 1940, T. 14, § 153, as amended, which reads:
"Any convict who escapes or attempts to escape from the penitentiary, or from any person or guard having him in charge under authority of law, either within or…
Also in this document: Dissent.
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3Cited by2 opinions
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