Couch v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals

Couch v. State

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

CourtAlabama Court of Appeals

DecidedMarch 22, 1966

StatusPublished

Cited by3 cases

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

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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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