Couch v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Couch v. State

198 So. 2d 308, 43 Ala. App. 707, 1966 Ala. App. LEXIS 596

Alabama Court of Appeals·Decided March 22, 1966·Published·Cited by 3 cases

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

This record reveals convictions on pleas of guilt before indictment. Constitution 1901, Amendment 37.

[708]*708On coram nobis the appellant did not aver or prove that he had a valid defense or that he - was innocent of the original charges.

A majority of the court considers that the judgment below must under Culombe v. Connecticut, 367 U.S. 568, 81 S.Ct. 1860, 6 L.Ed.2d 1037 (147 Conn. 194, 158 A.2d 239), and Lynumn v. State of Illinois, 372 U.S. 528, 83 S.Ct. 917, 9 L.Ed.2d 922 (21 Ill.2d 63, 171 N.E.2d 17), be

Reversed.

JOHNSON, J., dissents only because of ■appellant’s failure to plead and prove a valid defense. Ex parte Taylor, 249 Ala. 667, 32 So.2d 659.

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PER CURIAM.

This record reveals convictions on pleas of guilt before indictment. Constitution 1901, Amendment 37.

[708]*708On coram nobis the appellant did not aver or prove that he had a valid defense or that he - was innocent of the original charges.

A majority of the court considers that the judgment below must under Culombe v. Connecticut, 367 U.S. 568, 81 S.Ct. 1860, 6 L.Ed.2d 1037 (147 Conn. 194, 158 A.2d 239), and Lynumn v. State of Illinois, 372 U.S. 528, 83 S.Ct. 917, 9 L.Ed.2d 922 (21 Ill.2d 63, 171 N.E.2d 17), be

Reversed.

JOHNSON, J., dissents only because of ■appellant’s failure to plead and prove a valid defense. Ex parte Taylor, 249 Ala. 667, 32 So.2d 659.

Couch v. State, 198 So. 2d 308, 43 Ala. App. 707, 1966 Ala. App. LEXIS 596 (Ala. Ct. App. 1966).

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