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LANE v. STATE

No. 80-803.

412 So.2d 292 (1982)

Ex parte State of Alabama. Re Homer Lawrence LANE v. STATE of Alabama.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 5, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Joseph G. L. Marston, III and Edward E. Carnes, Asst. Attys. Gen., for petitioner.

Homer Lawrence Lane, pro se.

Jack Wallace, Talladega, for respondent.

MADDOX, Justice.

The sole issue in this case is whether a defendant who entered a plea of guilty to a capital offense, and who was sentenced to life without parole, is entitled to withdraw that plea of guilty and obtain a new trial in light of Beck v. Alabama, 447 U.S. 625, 100 S.Ct. 2382, 65 L.Ed.2d 392 (1980); on remand, Beck v. State, 396 So.2d 645 (Ala.1981) (wherein the Court held...

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