Ex parte Atwell

Citation354 So.2d 39
Decision Date27 January 1978
Docket NumberNo. 77-177,77-177
PartiesEx parte Herbert Kenneth ATWELL.
CourtSupreme Court of Alabama

certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals, 354 So.2d 30.

MADDOX, Justice.

WRIT DENIED.

TORBERT, C. J., and JONES, SHORES and BEATTY, JJ., concur.

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  • Carpenter v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • January 20, 1981
    ...opinion. As to that additional issue, we need only cite Atwell v. State, Ala.Cr.App., 354 So.2d 30, 37 (1977), cert. denied, Ala., 354 So.2d 39 (1978), for the following "After a case has been submitted to the jury, their deliberations in the jury room are not subject to review. Gamble, McE......
  • Dearman v. State
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • August 5, 2022
    ...legal determination of competency is reached. See, e.g., Atwell v. State, 354 So.2d 30, 35 (Ala. Crim .App. 1977), cert. denied, 354 So.2d 39 (Ala. 1978). In other words, in such situations, the trial court must inquire into the defendant's competency, generally by conducting a competency h......
  • Magwood v. Smith
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit
    • June 4, 1986
    ...well as factual understanding of the proceeding against him." Atwell v. State, 354 So.2d 30, 35 (Ala.Crim.App.1977), cert. denied, 354 So.2d 39 (Ala.1978). See also Holland v. State, 376 So.2d 796 (Ala.Crim.App.), cert. denied, 376 So.2d 802 (Ala.1979). Cf. Gray v. Lucas, 710 F.2d 1048, 105......
  • Thompson v. State, 6 Div. 799
    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • April 8, 1986
    ...are irrelevant, or are harassing, annoying, or humiliating." Atwell v. State, 354 So.2d 30, 39 (Ala.Crim.App.1977), cert. denied, 354 So.2d 39 (Ala.1978); Tombrello v. State, 421 So.2d 1319 (Ala. "The trial judge is vested with discretion in the conduct of a trial, and the appellate courts ......
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