Legal Opinion

Evans v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided February 12, 1985No. 3 Div. 110Published

1Opinion of the Court

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of error coram nobis. In 1978, Leslie Evans pled guilty to the capital murder of Haas J. Tooson and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. His conviction was affirmed on original submission, Evans v. State, 362 So.2d 1284 (Ala.Cr.App.1978), but, on application for rehearing, the conviction was reversed and remanded “on authority of Prothro v. State, Ala.Cr.App., 370 So.2d 740, and Youngblood v. State, Ala.Cr.App., 372 So.2d 34.” 372 So.2d 37 (Ala.Cr.App.1979). The petition for writ of certiorari to the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Beck v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Henderson v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Beck v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1981
  4. Ex Parte EllisonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
  5. Thomas v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966

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