Legal Opinion

Scott Lamar Jennings v. State of Alabama, et al.

District Court, N.D. Alabama

Decided May 29, 2026No. 2:25-cv-01378Unknown

1Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA SOUTHERN DIVISION SCOTT LAMAR JENNINGS, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) Case No. 2:25-cv-01378-RDP-NAD ) STATE OF ALABAMA, et al., ) ) Respondents. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION Petitioner Scott Lamar Jennings filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. # 1). Petitioner challenges his Alabama state convictions and life sentences for robbery and attempted kidnapping, imposed in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County, Alabama, on November 25, 1998. (Id. at 1-2). On April 9, 2026, the Magistrate Judge entered a…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Downs v. McNeilCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
  3. Philip Walter Jones v. Secretary, Florida Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2018
  4. Johnson v. State.Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1998
  5. Carroll v. Alabama Department of CorrectionsCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2014

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