Legal Opinion

Patton v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided March 2, 2007No. CR-05-2156PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McMILLAN, Judge.

The appellant, John Henry Patton, appeals the district court’s denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petitions for postconviction relief, in which he attacked his February 23, 1990, guilty-plea conviction for first-degree receiving stolen property and his resulting sentence of two years’ imprisonment, and his August 27, 1990, guilty-plea conviction for unlawful possession of a controlled substance and his resulting sentence of one year and one day in prison. Patton stated in his petitions that he did not appeal his convictions and sentences.

Patton filed his Rule 32 petitions…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. United States v. CottonSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  2. Studer v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1990
  3. Cooper v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  4. Ex Parte SeymourSupreme Court of Alabama · 2006
  5. Lamar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1916

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. SpreadburyMontana Supreme Court · 2011
  2. Ex parte State of Alabama.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2014
  3. Ex parte State of Alabama.Supreme Court of Alabama · 2014
  4. Knop v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2014
  5. Santori Little v. The City of Valley, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2025

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