Legal Opinion
Strickland v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 30, 1965No. 6 Div. 226PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Justice.
The State petitioned for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals, and we granted the writ. The defendant Strickland had appealed from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County denying his petition for writ of error coram nobis, and the Court of Appeals reversed the judgment on the ground that the circuit court accepted a plea of guilty without first ascertaining that the defendant had made an intelligent waiver of counsel.
The defendant was indicted for escaping from custody (Tit. 14, § 153, as amended, Code 1940), was arraigned on May 26, 1961, and on…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Carnley v. CochranSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Anthony Palumbo v. State of New Jersey, Howard Yeager, Warden, New Jersey State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964
- Keeton v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Bradford v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1906
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Ex Parte KingSupreme Court of Alabama · 2001
- Snell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
- Eady v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1979
- Magee v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1966
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