Legal Opinion
Winchester v. Bartlett
Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama
Decided August 24, 1988No. Civ. 6479PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This case concerns an appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Arna Bo Winchester. Winchester was committed to Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility in 1985, after a jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity of robbery and kidnapping. He was transferred to Searcy Hospital in early 1987. After a nonjury hearing on his petition, the trial judge entered an order denying the writ. Winchester originally appealed from that order to the Court of Criminal Appeals; however, on Bartlett's motion and pursuant to our holding in Nix v. State, 512 So.2d 121…
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