Legal Opinion

Allen v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided May 29, 1973No. 7 Div. 225PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TYSON, Judge.

The indictment charged burglary in the second degree. Appellant pled guilty to this on September 13, 1972, accompanied by counsel, and judgment set sentence at two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Request for probation was denied.

The record is devoid of any colloquy between the trial judge and the appellant to show compliance with Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274. The record itself or the minute entry must affirmatively reflect the questions asked and answers given at the time of taking the guilty plea. McGullion v. State, 49 Ala.App. 248, 270…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. In RE WALCOTT v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
  3. Honeycuttt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
  4. McGullion v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  2. Jarman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975
  3. Fleming v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2006
  4. Twyman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973

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