Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided October 14, 1986No. 6 Div. 131Published

1Opinion of the Court

McMILLAN, Judge.

This appeal follows the denial of appellant’s petition for writ of error coram nobis without an evidentiary hearing. For the reasons outlined below, and under the authority of Ex parte Boatwright, 471 So.2d 1257 (Ala.1985), and this court’s recent decision in Phillips v. State, 484 So.2d 1205 (Ala.Cr.App.1986), the decision of the trial court is hereby reversed and this case is remanded with directions consistent with the provisions of Boatwright, supra.

The appellant, David C. Harris, was indicted by the Walker County Grand Jury in May 1984, for murder during a kidnapping with…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Ex Parte BoatwrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  2. Carroll v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  3. Traylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  4. Clency v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983
  5. Burrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984

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