Legal Opinion

Ex parte Unbehant

Alabama Court of Appeals

Decided March 21, 1967PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

CATES, Judge.

This is a prisoner’s petition filed February 16, 1967, for an original writ of mandamus to order the Geneva Circuit Court to act upon a petition for habeas corpus.

Since Unbehant fails to show (1) that he is detained in Geneva County, or (2) that under Code 1940, T. 15, §§ 6 and 7, the Geneva Circuit Court could otherwise take up the case, this petition must be denied.

*594Sections 6 and 7 read:

“§ 6. When the person is confined in a county jail, or any other place, on a charge of felony, or under a commitment or an indictment for felony, the petition must be addressed to the nearest…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Campbell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1983

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