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Tucker v. StateTucker v. State

Alabama Court of Appeals
Jun 18, 1963
3 Div. 147
Reporters:
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Before:
Cates
CATES, Judge.

This is an appeal on the record proper ‍​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‍from a judgment based on a verdict of guilty on an indictment for grand larceny of an automobile.

On ‍​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‍arraignment it affirmatively appears that the defendant was without counsel. No waiver appears. Under Hamilton v. State, 273 Ala. ‍​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‍504, 142 So.2d 868, Hamilton v. Alabama, 368 U.S. 52, 82 S.Ct. 157, 7 L.Ed.2d 114, and Gideon v. Wainwright, 372 U.S. 335, 83 ‍​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‍S.Ct. 792, 9 L.Ed.2d 799 *175(March 15, 1963), we consider the judgment below is required to be reversed and the ‍​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‍cause there remanded for a new trial.

Reversed and remanded.

Case Details

Case Name: Tucker v. State
Court Name: Alabama Court of Appeals
Date Published: Jun 18, 1963
Citations: 157 So. 2d 229; 42 Ala. App. 174; 1963 Ala. App. LEXIS 227; 3 Div. 147
Docket Number: 3 Div. 147
Court Abbreviation: Ala. Ct. App.
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