Allen, v. State of Alabama

Full title: JAMES ALLEN, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. STATE OF ALABAMA, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Date published: Jun 21, 1984

735 F.2d 1276 (11th Cir. 1984)

Opinion

No. 82-7290.

June 21, 1984.

N.P. Callahan, Jr., Birmingham, Ala. (court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

Thomas R. Allison, Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondent-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, and RONEY and SMITH^_, Circuit Judges.

_ Honorable Edward S. Smith, U.S. Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, sitting by designation.

BY THE COURT:

Respondent's motion to revise our order, 732 F.2d 858, denying rehearing in this case is GRANTED. The language in the second paragraph, "[w]e held that petitioner was entitled to the out-of-time appeal and, because he is indigent, to a transcript of his trial as an incident thereto," is deleted and the following is inserted in lieu thereof:

We held that petitioner was entitled to an evidentiary hearing to determine whether he had voluntarily and knowingly waived his right to appeal.