Drayton v. State

Guy Drayton filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus with the Circuit Court of Bullock County where he was incarcerated. The case was eventually transferred to the Pike County Circuit Court, which was the court of original conviction. The State and the circuit court treated the petition as a proceeding under Rule 32, A.R.Crim.P. After a hearing, the circuit court denied the petition. Although the State and the circuit court treated the petition as a proceeding under Rule 32, the circuit court did not order the petition to be returned to the appellant to allow him to amend his petition to…