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