Carmack v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
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
- Ex Parte GammonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1951
- Ex Parte WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1958
- Ex Parte PowellAlabama Court of Appeals · 1958
- Ex parte CarmackAlabama Court of Appeals · 1961
3Cited by5 opinions
- Allen v. StateAlabama Court of Appeals · 1963
- McKinnis v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1980
- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984
- Ex parte CarmackSupreme Court of Alabama · 1963
- Carmack v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1962