Legal Opinion
Eagen v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided February 2, 1967No. 3 Div. 262PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Justice.
This is a petition for writ of error coram nobis filed by William Richard Eagen in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County to set aside the judgment of that court rendered on November 25, 1963, adjudging him guilty of murder in the first degree and sentencing him to life imprisonment. After an oral hearing, the court rendered a judgment denying the petition. The instant appeal is from that judgment.
At the prisoner’s arraignment on November 12, 1963, for the murder of one Cydia Broadway, he, through his attorneys, pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity. At the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Ex Parte TaylorSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
- Mathis v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1966
- Allen v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963
- Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1967
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Vincent v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1969
- Jackson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- Mayola v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977
- Hutto v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974
- Burden v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1974
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