Legal Opinion

Todd v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided October 22, 1985No. 7 Div. 438PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

McMILLAN, Judge.

From a denial of appellant’s pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis, without an evidentiary hearing, this appeal follows. For the reasons outlined below, the order of the trial court denying appellant’s petition is affirmed.

On March 15, 1985, the appellant filed a pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis in the Circuit Court of Etowah County, Alabama. While incarcerated in the State prison system, the appellant was convicted of the offense of second degree escape and sentenced to an additional 25-year term in the penitentiary. In his petition, appellant alleged…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Ex Parte BoatwrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  3. Summers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1978
  4. Stephens v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
  5. Corley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1981

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Taylor v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2003

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