Legal Opinion

Carmack v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided February 20, 1962No. 6 Div. 861PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Judge.

Carmack-appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court dismissing his petition for.coram nobis. See also Ex parte Carmack/-ante, p. 426, 133 So.2d 891. We do not decide whether assignments of error are strictly required.

The only ground attacking his conviction is that counsel assigned him by a judge of the trial court was incompetent. Carmack alludes to a letter which this attorney sent him while in jail. Carmack, who faced a capital indictment, tried to get the court to furnish him another lawyer. He seemingly asked this because up to some unspecified time counsel…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte GammonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
  2. Ex Parte WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
  3. Ex Parte PowellAlabama Court of Appeals · 1958
  4. Ex parte CarmackAlabama Court of Appeals · 1961

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Allen v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963
  2. McKinnis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
  3. Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
  4. Ex parte CarmackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
  5. Carmack v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962

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