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Askew v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Jan 30, 1973
272 So. 2d 916 (Ala. Crim. App. 1973)

Opinion

5 Div. 146.

January 30, 1973.

Appeal from the Circuit Court, Randolph County, Albert Hooton, J.

Lewis H. Hamner, Jr., Robert J. Hooton, Roanoke, for appellant.

The record must affirmatively show that the defendant was fully and adequately informed of his constitutional rights as to his trial and the consequence of a guilty plea, and that he voluntarily entered a plea of guilty with full understanding of the effect and consequence thereof. Boykin v. Alabama, 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274; Hall v. State, 45 Ala. App. 252, 228 So.2d 863; Cooper v. State, 47 Ala. App. 178, 252 So.2d 104.

William J. Baxley, Atty. Gen. and Myron H. Thompson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


The following order has been entered in the above appeal:

January 30, 1973. It is ordered that the judgment of the Circuit Court be reversed and the cause remanded on authority of Boykin v. Ala., 395 U.S. 238, 89 S.Ct. 1709, 23 L.Ed.2d 274 and Walcott v. State, 288 Ala. 546, 263 So.2d 178. (No opinion.)


Summaries of

Askew v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Jan 30, 1973
272 So. 2d 916 (Ala. Crim. App. 1973)
Case details for

Askew v. State

Case Details

Full title:Sol ASKEW v. STATE

Court:Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Date published: Jan 30, 1973

Citations

272 So. 2d 916 (Ala. Crim. App. 1973)
272 So. 2d 916

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