Legal Opinion
Charles Edwards v. William C. Holman, Acting Warden of Kilby Prison, State of Alabama
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 17, 1965No. 21557PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*680RIVES, Circuit Judge:
Edwards was tried in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Alabama, on April 27, 1957, convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He did not appeal from the judgment of conviction. After serving nearly five years, Edwards filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis in the court in which he was convicted. The court appointed counsel to represent the petitioner and ordered Edwards brought to the Shelby County Jail in order that he and his court-appointed counsel might have an opportunity to confer and prepare for the hearing. Thereafter the court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- McNabb v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- United States v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Leon B. Rushing v. Frederick T. Wilkinson, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Duncan v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1965
- Katie Ruth Anderson v. J. J. Nosser, James Bradley v. J. J. NosserCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- State v. ColemanSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1965
- Dean Rene Peters v. Jack T. Rutledge, Sheriff and Jailer of Muscogee County, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- James Willard Lovelace v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
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