Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Fountain

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided December 28, 2001No. 1991893PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

This Court granted the defendant Tony Fountain's petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals to determine whether his right to due process was violated by the State's failure to serve him with a copy of its appellee's brief on Fountain's appeal of the denial of his first Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition and by the failure of the Court of Criminal Appeals to enforce his right to a copy of the State's brief and to accord him a fair opportunity to reply to it. We reverse and remand on that issue. The State has not sought certiorari review of the aspect of the judgment of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Ex Parte FrazierSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
  2. Ex Parte WeeksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  3. Brown's Ferry Waste Disposal v. TrentSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
  4. Fountain v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2000
  5. Bruner v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1956

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Ex Parte MorrowSupreme Court of Alabama · 2004
  2. Loggins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2005
  3. Marshall v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 2003
  4. Cogman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2002
  5. Mashburn v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2013

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