Grimsley v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appellant, Thomas Grimsley, an inmate of the Alabama prison system, challenges the denial of “retroactive good time.”

The appellant was convicted of rape in the second degree on August 10, 1990, and was sentenced to 10 year's’ imprisonment. He contends that his denial of good time is based on Ala.Code 1975, § 14 — 9—41(h), which denies good time to sex offenders.

In Brooks v. State, 622 So.2d 447, 451 (Ala.Cr.App.1993), this Court held that “the sex offender exception to § 14-9-41(h)…