Legal Opinion
Carl Goodwin v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby Prison
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 27, 1966No. 23245PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
'PER CURIAM:
Alabama affords a post-conviction remedy through statutory habeas corpus, Title 15, § 1, Ala.Code, and the common law writ of error coram nobis, Johnson v. Williams, 1943, 244 Ala. 391, 13 So.2d 683. See Wiman v. Argo, 5 Cir., 1962, 308 F.2d 674; Whither: On Habeas, Tyson, 24 Alabama Lawyer 271 (1963). The Alabama law on affording counsel to indigent criminal defendants was bolstered in 1963 to include trial counsel in noncapital cases where the defendant is charged with a “serious” offense, counsel on appeal and, under some conditions, counsel in habeas corpus and coram nobis…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Johnson v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1943
- Aubrey Pate v. William C. Holman, Warden, Kilby Prison, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Allen v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963
- M. J. Wiman, Warden v. Jimmy Argo, Alias, Jimmy Argo, Alias v. M. J. Wiman, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Loren E. Barry v. Maurice Sigler, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- Drayton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
- Harris v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
- Harris Percy Wynn v. Samuel L. Smith, Warden, Georgia State Prison, Reidsville, Ga.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Salter v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
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