Bush v. Alabama Department of Corrections

SEE, Justice.

Melvin Ross Bush’s appeal was originally filed with the Court of Civil Appeals. That court transferred the appeal to this Court on the basis that it lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over Bush’s appeal. In an opinion released on September 28, 2007, Collins v. Alabama Department of Corrections, 982 So.2d 1078 (Ala.2007), this Court overruled Block v. Alabama Department of Corrections, 923 So.2d 342 (Ala.Crim.App.2005); Beck v. Alabama Board of Pardons & Paroles, 907 So.2d 1096 (Ala.Crim.App.2005); Jacobs v. Alabama Department of Corrections, 900 So.2d 485 (Ala.Crim.App.2004);…