Legal Opinion

Clark v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided September 12, 1974No. SC 822Published

1Opinion of the Court

318 So.2d 805 (1974)

In re Billy Don CLARK

v.

STATE of Alabama.

Ex parte STATE of Alabama ex rel. ATTORNEY GENERAL.

SC 822.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 12, 1974.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen., and Joseph G. L. Marston, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State, petitioner.

William M. Dawson, Jr., Birmingham, for respondent.

HARWOOD, Justice:

The petitioner, Billy Don Clark, in the matter now before us by virtue of the state's petition for a writ of certiorari, was originally indicted for murder in the first degree. He entered pleas of not guilty, and not guilty by reason of insanity. Later Clark,…

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2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Benton v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969

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