# Harris v. State

> Alabama Court of Appeals · October 19, 1965 · 43 Ala. App. 708

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6527233

## Case

- **Full name:** Ralph Patterson Harris v. State.
- **Court:** Alabama Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** October 19, 1965
- **Citations:** 43 Ala. App. 708; 179 So. 2d 428; 1965 Ala. App. LEXIS 330
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court by Cates
- **Judges:** Cates
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

CATES, Judge.
The prior opinions of the Court in this coram nobis appeal are withdrawn, and the cause is remanded to the circuit court for the limited purpose of ascertaining (1) whether or not the defendant was indigent at the time of his original trial within the meaning of Seals v. Alabama, 380 U.S. 254 , 85 S.Ct. 943 , 13 L.Ed.2d 818 ; and (2) at what point of time and to what extent, if any, assistance of counsel was available to Harris before the trial court's appointment of Hon. Leonard Lowery on the day of Harris’s arraignment. Lott v. State, 276 Ala. 227 , 160 So.2d 636 .
The need for the second enquiry arises out of the following cases: Ohio Bell Tel. Co. v. Public Utilities Comm., 301 U.S. 292 , 57 S.Ct. 724 , 81 L.Ed. 1093 ; Dabney v. Mitchell, 66 Ala. 495 ; Estes v. Bridgforth, 114 Ala. 221 , 21 So. 512 ; Randall v. Wadsworth, 130 Ala. 633 , 31 So. 555 ; and Martin v. Long, 200 Ala. 210 , 75 So. 968 . See Wigmore, Evid. (3d Ed.), § 2568; Preston v. Preston, 253 Ala. 186 , 43 So.2d 398 (hn. 2) ; White Way Pure Milk Co. v. Alabama State Milk Control Board, 265 Ala. 660 , 93 So.2d 509 (hn. 5).
Remanded with directions.

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