Ex Parte State, Ex Rel. Attorney General

Supreme Court of Alabama February 5, 1982

Ex Parte State, Ex Rel. Attorney General, 410 So. 2d 134 (Ala. 1982)

1982 Ala. LEXIS 3018

Faulkner, Jones, Shores, Embry, Beatty, Adams, Torbert, Maddox, Al-Mon

Opinion of the Court

FAULKNER, Justice.

Writ quashed as being improvidently granted.

JONES, SHORES, EMBRY, BEATTY and ADAMS, JJ., concur. TORBERT, C.J., and MADDOX and AL-MON, JJ., dissent.

Dissenting Opinion

MADDOX, Justice

(dissenting).

I respectfully dissent. In my opinion, Burgett v. Texas, 389 U.S. 109, 88 S.Ct. 258, 19 L.Ed.2d 319 and Baldasar v. Illinois, 446 U.S. 222, 100 S.Ct. 1585, 64 L.Ed.2d 169, are inapplicable to a revocation of probation proceeding because an uncounseled conviction is not invalid for all purposes. Cf. Lewis v. United States, 445 U.S. 55, 100 S.Ct. 915, 63 L.Ed.2d 198 (1980).

TORBERT, C. J., and ALMON, J., concur.

Reference

Full Case Name: Ex Parte State of Alabama, Ex Rel. Attorney General (Re Larry Keith Hollingsworth v. State of Alabama).
Cited By: 8 cases
Status: Published