Seals v. Alabama
| Decision Date | 08 March 1965 |
| Docket Number | No. 465,M,465 |
| Citation | 85 S.Ct. 943,380 U.S. 254,13 L.Ed.2d 818 |
| Parties | Willie SEALS, Jr., v. ALABAMA. isc |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
Vernon Crawford, Morton Stavis, Martin R. Bradley, Jr., Arthur Kinoy and William M. Kunstler, for petitioner.
Richmond M. Flowers, Atty. Gen. of Alabama, and Leslie Hall, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.
On Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama.
The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for a writ of certiorari are granted. The Court is of the view that on the record the petitioner is an indigent. Therefore, the judgment must be reversed. Griffin v. People of State of Illinois, 351 U.S. 12, 76 S.Ct. 585, 100 L.Ed. 891.
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Seals v. State
... Page 645 ... 213 So.2d 645 ... 282 Ala. 586 ... Willie SEALS, Jr ... STATE of Alabama ... I Div. 209-A ... Supreme Court of Alabama ... Aug. 15, 1968 ... Rehearing Denied Sept. 12, 1968 ... [282 Ala. 588] ... Page 648 ... Vernon Z. Crawford, Mobile, Chas. S. Conley, Montgomery, Arthur J. Lesemann, Hackensack, N.J., and Martin Bradley, Jr., Buffalo, ... ...
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Thorbus v. Beto
...and cases there cited. 14 E. g., Gardner v. California, 393 U.S. 367, 89 S.Ct. 580, 21 L.Ed.2d 601 (1969); Seals v. Alabama, 380 U.S. 254, 85 S.Ct. 943, 13 L.Ed.2d 818 (1965); Draper v. State of Washington, 372 U.S. 487, 83 S.Ct. 774, 9 L.Ed.2d 899 (1963); Eskridge v. Washington State Priso......
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In re Smith
...indigent in the constitutional sense and therefore entitled to proceed in forma pauperis in a criminal case. Seals v. Alabama, 380 U.S. 254, 85 S.Ct. 943, 13 L.Ed.2d 818 (1965), reversing 276 Ala. 654, 165 So.2d 742 (1964). The court's five-line per curiam decision states a holding but does......
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