Hadley v. Alabama

I vote to hear this case because I assume that equal protection and due process of law under our Constitution apply to the rich as well as to the poor, to whites as well as to the minorities.1

In Alabama a certified transcript or sufficient statement of the evidence must be filed within 60 days from the taking of an appeal or from the trial court’s ruling on *938a motion for new trial, whichever is later.2 Petitioner filed his transcript three days beyond the deadline. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals dismissed his appeal as out of time. Hadley v. State, 47 Ala. App. 738, 259 So. 2d 853…