Legal Opinion

Bailey v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided June 17, 1975No. 6 Div. 780PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

This appeal is from a judgment denying and dismissing the petition filed by appellant to allow credit on sentences, based on pleas of guilty, from the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County, for time served in jail which elapsed between the date of his arrest and incarceration until the date of his sentence some two months and eight days later.

We affirm the judgment of the lower court.

In Groce v. State, 48 Ala.App. 709, 267 So.2d 499, this court in speaking of the purpose and scope of the writ of error cor-am nobis said:

“The office of the ‘writ of error coram nobis’, under Alabama law, is to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Groce v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1972
  2. Ryan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
  3. Broadnax v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1975
  4. Robinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971
  5. Ex Parte CofieldAlabama Court of Appeals · 1964

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Arthur Jackson, Jr. v. State of Alabama, Jasper Lee Cooks v. Circuit Court of Mobile CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  2. Ex Parte QuickSupreme Court of Alabama · 2009
  3. Arthur Jackson, Jr. v. State of Alabama, Jasper Lee Cooks v. Circuit Court of Mobile CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  4. Ex Parte QuickSupreme Court of Alabama · 2009

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