Ex parte Phillips

Decision Date20 February 1964
Docket Number7 Div. 643
Citation276 Ala. 282,161 So.2d 485
CourtAlabama Supreme Court
PartiesEx parte George R. PHILLIPS. In re George R. PHILLIPS v. STATE of Alabama.

George R. Phillips, pro se.

Richmond M. Flowers, Atty. Gen., and David W. Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

SIMPSON, Justice.

This is a petition by George R. Phillips to grant him leave to file a petition for writ of error coram nobis before the Circuit Court of Shelby County.

The petition alleges the following grounds as a basis for the granting of the petition:

'(1) That petitioner was denied the right to a fair and impartial jury trial by the presiding judge.

'(2) That petitioner was not given sufficient time in which to prepare his case for trial.

'(3) That petitioner was denied the right to effective counsel, on the grounds that he was not informed of the offense against him, until nine (9) days prior to his trial, upon an indictment that charged robbery.

'(4) That petitioner was not afforded due process or equal protection of the law, that is required by the Constitution.'

The petitioner was tried and convicted in the Circuit Court of Shelby County, Alabama and this Court affirmed the judgment of that conviction after a full and careful study of the case (272 Ala. 216, 130 So.2d 822).

Manifestly, therefore, Ground (1) is without merit, which will be shown by the opinion of this Court in the case on appeal.

Ground (2) is without merit since the appellant claims that he was tried nine days after he was informed of the charge against him. Nowhere does the petition show when the indictment was rendered and this ground is for this reason untenable.--Duncan v. State, 275 Ala. 290, 154 So.2d 305.

Ground (3) is untenable as will be observed from the opinion in the case on his appeal.--Phillips v. State, supra.

Ground (4) is obviously without merit as stating a mere conclusion.--Cf. Metcalf v. State, 268 Ala. 533, 108 So.2d 446.

We are constrained to hold that the petition is without merit and must be dismissed. So ordered.

Petition dismissed.

LIVINGSTON, C. J., and MERRILL and HARWOOD, JJ., concur.

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    • United States
    • Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals
    • 12 de março de 2021
    ... ... in imposing a determinate commitment without adjudicating him a serious juvenile offender and without complying with the requirements in Ex parte R.E.C., 678 So. 2d 1041 (Ala. 1995), and that his trial counsel was ineffective for not objecting to the alleged error;(3) That the juvenile court ... State, [274 Ala. 531, 150 So. 2d 387 (1963) ]; Ex parte Phillips, 276 Ala. 282, 161 So. 2d 485 (1964) ; Stephens v. State, 420 So. 2d 826 (Ala. Crim. App. 1982), sufficient to show that the petitioner is entitled ... ...
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    • 12 de outubro de 1982
    ... ... Summers v. State, 366 So.2d 336 [Ala.Cr.App.], writ denied Ex Parte Summers, 366 So.2d 346 ( [Ala.] 1978). The 'Alabama Rules of Criminal Procedure-Temporary Rules' requiring sentencing hearings and presentence ... State, 274 Ala. 531, 532, 150 So.2d 387 (1963) (emphasis added) ...         Ex parte Phillips, 276 Ala. 282, 161 So.2d 485 (1964); Corley v. State, 397 So.2d 223 (Ala.Cr.App.), cert. denied, Ex parte Corley 397 So.2d 225 (Ala.1981); Brown ... ...
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    • 26 de janeiro de 1982
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