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Cooper v. Wiman

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 20, 1962No. 3 Div. 975PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the Circuit Court of Montgomery County denying appellant’s discharge in a habeas corpus proceeding.

Appellant was arrested in November of 1954 for the killing of one Larry Roger Piotrowski in Mobile County, Alabama. Subsequently, he was indicted by the Mobile County Grand Jury for murder in the first degree, and in May, 1955, pleaded guilty to said indictment and was sentenced to life imprisonment. He took no appeal from this judgment and sentence.

In June, 1961, he filed his petition for habeas corpus in the Montgomery Circuit Court, alleging…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Griffin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
  2. M. J. Wiman, Warden v. Jimmy Argo, Alias, Jimmy Argo, Alias v. M. J. Wiman, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
  3. Ex Parte RockholtSupreme Court of Alabama · 1960
  4. Ex Parte WinnagleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1959
  5. Warden v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1961

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Summers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  2. Peoples v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1988
  3. Mayola v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
  4. Duncan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  5. Holsclaw v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983

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