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Allen v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
May 29, 1973
278 So. 2d 758 (Ala. Crim. App. 1973)

Opinion

7 Div. 225.

May 29, 1973.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, St. Clair County, L. P. Waid, J.


The indictment charged burglary in the second degree. Appellant pled guilty to this on September 13, 1972, accompanied by counsel, and judgment set sentence at two years imprisonment in the penitentiary. Request for probation was denied.

The record is devoid of any colloquy between the trial judge and the appellant to show compliance with Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed. 2d 274. The record itself or the minute entry must affirmatively reflect the questions asked and answers given at the time of taking the guilty plea. McGullion v. State, 49 Ala. App. 248, 270 So.2d 680. Boykin, supra, requires this Court to review this colloquy in its entirety whether the appellant is indigent, or otherwise.

On authority of Honeycutt v. Alabama, 47 Ala. App. 640, 259 So.2d 846; Walcott v. State, 288 Ala. 546, 263 So.2d 178, and McGuillion v. State, supra, the judgment below must be reversed and the cause remanded.

Reversed and remanded.

All the Judges concur.


Summaries of

Allen v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
May 29, 1973
278 So. 2d 758 (Ala. Crim. App. 1973)
Case details for

Allen v. State

Case Details

Full title:Fred ALLEN v. STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Date published: May 29, 1973

Citations

278 So. 2d 758 (Ala. Crim. App. 1973)
50 Ala. App. 310

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