# Brown v. State

> Supreme Court of Alabama · May 11, 1990 · 565 So. 2d 585

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9932937

## Case

- **Full name:** James Clyde Brown v. State.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Alabama
- **Decided:** May 11, 1990
- **Citations:** 565 So. 2d 585; 1990 WL 90473
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Steagall
- **Judges:** Adams, Maddox, Shores, Steagall
- **Cited by:** 53 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## Opinion text

I concur with that part of the majority opinion denying the relief sought by the plaintiffs. I agree that the plaintiffs have not shown that the convictions should be vacated or that the fines paid should be returned.
I respectfully dissent from that part of the majority opinion remanding the cause for an award of an attorney fee. I can see no sound reason to require the State of Alabama to pay an attorney fee for privately retained counsel in such a post-conviction proceeding.

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