Hanna v. State

COBB, Judge.

Larry Doyle Hanna appeals from the circuit court’s summary dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

On September 10, 2001, Hanna filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in Jefferson County Circuit Court, the county where he was incarcerated,1 challenging the legality of the sentence imposed upon him by the Tuscaloosa Circuit Court following his conviction for possession of marijuana. After the State responded, the circuit court summarily denied the petition.

As best we can discern, Hanna claimed the following in his petition. On November 14, 1990, he pleaded…