459 So. 2d 963 - Jackson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 9 state decisions

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1. “The appellant objected at trial and argues on appeal that her 1966 conviction was not a valid conviction because she was not informed, at that time, by counsel or the trial court, that she had a right to appeal the conviction. This issue has been decided against the appellant in a recent proceeding on her petition for writ of error coram nobis seeking relief from the 1966 conviction, and has been affirmed by us on appeal. See, Jackson v. State, 446 So.2d 691 (Ala.Crim.App.1983). The trial court’s findings at the hearing of the petition for writ of error coram nobis are set out in detail in Jackson v. State, supra. As explained, herein, faced in 1966 with a capital charge of first-degree murder and in order to avoid a possible death sentence, the appellant made an agreement to accept a sentence of twelve years’ imprisonment in exchange for what was, in effect, a plea of guilty to second-degree murder. The trial court concluded that all parties, including the appellant, herself, agreed to the negotiated “settlement” reached in the 1966 case. The trial court found that appellant’s testimony at the coram nobis hearing, that she did not agree with the “settlement” in 1966 and that no one informed her of her right to appeal, was not credible in light of other evidence. The trial court further concluded that the appellant was adequately represented by counsel in the 1966 case, that her best interests were properly considered. The validity of the 1966 conviction was, therefore, uphel”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. Thigpen

2. “[tjhis defendant does have a history of prior criminal activity, and it is significant. The defendant was convicted of Murder in the Second Degree ... [in] 1966, and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. The defendant has one conviction of Assaulting a Police Officer, one conviction of Resisting Arrest, seven convictions for disorderly conduct, one conviction of malicious destruction of property, one conviction of leaving the scene of an accident, and several traffic infractions.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jackson v. Thigpen

3. “murder committed by a defendant who has been convicted of murder in the first or second degree in the 20 years preceding the crime.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 501 So. 2d 542 - Jackson v. State