Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Ward
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 9, 1988No. 87-1049PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Tony Randall Ward was charged with murder allegedly committed on June 7, 1976. At that time, he was 16 years old. He was indicted in September 1976; his trial and conviction occurred in February 1977, when he was 17 years old. Further facts concerning Ward's crime not pertinent here are set forth inWard v. State, 356 So.2d 238 (Ala.Crim.App.) (affirming conviction), cert. denied, 356 So.2d 242 (Ala. 1978).
Ward is currently seeking the issuance of a writ of error coram nobis, maintaining that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial in that his lawyer failed to request or move…
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3Cited by22 opinions
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