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Thomas v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided August 16, 1960No. 3 Div. 51PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Judge.

Thomas, conceiving that his detention in Kilby Prison was illegal, filed a petition for habeas corpus in the Montgomery Circuit Court.

The Honorable Eugene W. Carter granted the State’s motion to strike the petition. From Judge Carter’s order striking the petition, Thomas appeals here.

The grounds for the writ were that Thomas, after arraignment in Jefferson County, withdrew his plea of not guilty to two charges of robbery, pled guilty, and was sentenced by the court without the interventiion of a jury to ten years imprisonment (the statutory minimum) in each case. No appeal was…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Griffin v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
  2. Cross v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  3. Ex Parte TannerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1929
  4. Ex Parte JenkinsAlabama Court of Appeals · 1955
  5. Martin v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1878

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Aaron v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1966
  2. Rickard v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1968
  3. Phillips v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1960
  4. Isbell v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1964
  5. Ex Parte v. MerkesAlabama Court of Appeals · 1967

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