Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Rivers
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 13, 1991No. 1901739PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On June 1, 1990, Wallace Rivers, represented by a court-appointed attorney, pleaded guilty in three cases involving the possession and distribution of cocaine in Houston County, Alabama.1 He was sentenced to life in prison. Rivers petitioned for post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 20, Temp.A.R.Cr.P.,2 alleging that his trial counsel was ineffective3 and that he was not properly informed of the maximum and minimum sentences so as to allow his plea to be knowingly and voluntarily given. The trial judge denied the petition, without an evidentiary hearing.
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2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bartone v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Carter v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1973
- Ex Parte BrannonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1989
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3Cited by61 opinions
- Cantu v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1994
- Sammie Lee Gordon v. John E. Nagle, Warden Attorney General of the State of AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
- Gordon v. NagleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1994
- Nichols v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
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