Hollingsworth v. State, 80-685

80-685 | Ala. | Feb 5, 1982

Lead Opinion

FAULKNER, Justice.

Writ quashed as being improvidently granted.

JONES, SHORES, EMBRY, BEATTY and ADAMS, JJ., concur. TORBERT, C.J., and MADDOX and AL-MON, JJ., dissent.

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Dissenting Opinion

MADDOX, Justice

(dissenting).

I respectfully dissent. In my opinion, Burgett v. Texas, 389 U.S. 109" date_filed="1967-11-13" court="SCOTUS" case_name="Burgett v. Texas">389 U.S. 109, 88 S.Ct. 258, 19 L.Ed.2d 319 and Baldasar v. Illinois, 446 U.S. 222" date_filed="1980-06-16" court="SCOTUS" case_name="Baldasar v. Illinois">446 U.S. 222, 100 S.Ct. 1585, 64 L.Ed.2d 169, are inapplicable to a revocation of probation proceeding because an uncounseled conviction is not invalid for all purposes. Cf. Lewis v. United States, 445 U.S. 55, 100 S.Ct. 915, 63 L.Ed.2d 198 (1980).

TORBERT, C. J., and ALMON, J., concur.