Legal Opinion

In RE WALCOTT v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided April 6, 1972No. 6 Div. 934PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEFLIN, Chief Justice.

Petition of the State of Alabama for writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals to review and revise the judgment of remandment in Walcott v. State of Alabama, 48 Ala.App. -, 263 So.2d 177 (1971), is denied.

The petitioner (State of Alabama) contends since the trial court’s judgment en-

try recited that the plea of guilty was free, voluntary and intelligently made, the requirements of Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274, are met. Therefore, the case should not have been remanded. This Court agrees with the rule of the Court of Criminal…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  2. O. L. Cooper v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1971
  3. Cooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971
  4. Walcott v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1971

3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Twyman v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1974
  2. Cooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1973
  3. Humber v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
  4. Boglin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2002
  5. Davis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1977

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