TAYLOR v. STATE

5 Div. 847.

455 So.2d 270 (1984)

John Michael TAYLOR v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied August 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Gaddy, Millbrook, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Richard L. Owens, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

Taylor appeals the summary dismissal of his pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, challenging the legal right of the State to confine him in prison. He is serving a life sentence. He is represented on appeal by appointed counsel. He contends that the conditions under which he is confined constitute cruel and unusual punishment in violation of his rights guaranteed by the U.S. Const. amend. VIII and XIV and Ala. Const. Art. I, § 15. The...

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