LEWIS v. STATE

5 Div. 95.

491 So.2d 1098 (1986)

Benny Bernard LEWIS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

June 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mack Clayton, Alexander City, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and J. Elizabeth Kellum, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

Benjamin Bernard Lewis was convicted for escape in the third degree and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. Lewis was granted an "out-of-time" appeal after filing a pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis.

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Lewis argues that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because counsel failed to object to testimony regarding Lewis' prior conviction for escape and testimony concerning Lewis' history of arrests...

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