Legal Opinion
Ex parte Dalton
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided September 30, 2015No. 1130197PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MURDOCK, Justice.
I. Procedural History
In February 2009, Christopher Eric Dalton pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder, one count of breaking and entering an automobile, and one count of misdemeanor theft. Dalton was sentenced to 2 terms of 30 years’ imprisonment for his attempted-murder convictions, a 5-year prison sentence for his unlawful-breaking-and-entering conviction, and a 1-year prison sentence for his theft-of-property conviction. The sentences were to run concurrently.
In November 2009, Dalton filed his first Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition. Dalton alleged that his…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Ex Parte GrauSupreme Court of Alabama · 2000
- Ex Parte ColemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 2010
- McCary v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2011
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Dalton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2016