Legal Opinion
Brown v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided January 7, 1965No. 2 Div. 465PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAWSON, Justice.
This is a petition for writ of certiorari filed by the State of Alabama through its Attorney General to reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals in the case of Brown v. State of Alabama.
Brown was indicted in the Fall of 1960 by a grand jury of Sumter County of the offense of burglary. On or about October 12, 1960, Brown entered a plea of guilty to the offense of burglary in the second degree. Judgment of guilt was duly entered and Brown was sentenced to a term of five years imprisonment in the penitentiary.
On July 25, 1963, Brown filed in the Circuit Court of Sumter County…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Woodard v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1965
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- Mayola v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1976
- Rickard v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1968
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