Legal Opinion
Arthur Jackson, Jr. v. State of Alabama, Jasper Lee Cooks v. Circuit Court of Mobile County
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 16, 1976No. 75-1186, 75-1879PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, Arthur Jackson, Jr. and Jasper Lee (“Tiny”) Cooks, appeal from the denial by two separate Alabama federal district courts of their respective petitions for writs of habeas corpus. The only issue presented by Jackson and one of two issues presented by Cooks is whether an indigent Alabama state prisoner unable to make bond due to indigency and who is sentenced to less than the statutory maximum sentence for his offense is entitled to credit on his sentence for the period of pre-trial or presentence detention. Cooks makes an additional contention: that he is…
2Cases cited59 opinions
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3Cited by41 opinions
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