Legal Opinion
Gaines v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided June 8, 1982PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Henry Gaines filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in the Circuit Court of Escambia County, asserting that he was in the care and custody of the Alabama State Penal Authorities, being held at Fountain Correctional Center. Gaines asserted that his continued imprisonment was in violation of "due process of law" in that he had not been afforded a "parole hearing" which he maintained should have been held on or about July 25, 1981.
The Circuit Court of Escambia County denied the habeas corpus petition without conducting a hearing thereon, based upon a motion to dismiss filed on behalf of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Greenholtz v. Inmates of the Nebraska Penal & Correctional ComplexSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Connecticut Board of Pardons v. DumschatSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Jago v. Van CurenSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Samuel E. Williams v. Dolph BriscoeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Johnston v. Alabama Pardon & Parole BoardDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1982
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Andrus v. LambertCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
- Edwards v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- Sloan v. Alabama Bd. of Pardons & ParolesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
- Bryant v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1986
- McBurnett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2018
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