Legal Opinion
Godwin v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Decided August 18, 1964Published
1Opinion of the Court
CATES, Judge.
The opinion heretofore filed on August 18, 1964, is withdrawn and the following becomes the opinion of the court.
Godwin appeals from a judgment on a verdict finding him guilty of possessing a still for making prohibited liquor. Code 1940, T. 29, § 131. He also moved for new trial — unsuccessfully.
Though indicted in 1961, Godwin was not brought to trial until March 20, 1963.
Meanwhile, he seems to have run afoul of Federal law, for we find the circuit court granted the State a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum to bring him from the Maxwell Field Prison Camp at Montgomery. This…
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Avery v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Chandler v. Warden FretagSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Godwin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
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