Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided October 31, 1978PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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The appellant was indicted at the October, 1970, Term of the Jefferson County Grand Jury on four charges of robbery and one charge of rape. When the case was called for trial, on April 5, 1971, the appellant was present in court with his two court-appointed attorneys, the Honorable Milton Garrett and the Honorable Louis Scholl, who each announced, "Ready for Trial." Trial was set for the following day on the rape case, which had been assigned by the court to…

2Cases cited44 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Brady v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Sumner v. ShumanSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  2. Johnny Harris v. Joseph Oliver, Warden of the Holman Unit PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  3. McKinnis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  4. Bass v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  5. Sheehan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981

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