Writesman v. Alabama Department of Corrections

MAIN, Judge.

James Writesman, an inmate incarcerated at Fountain/J.O. Davis Correctional Facility, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging a miscalculation of his *451minimum release date because he was not credited for the time he spent in jail in foreign states awaiting his return to Alabama. After the Alabama Department of Corrections (“DOC”) responded, the circuit court dismissed Writesman’s petition. This appeal followed.

The record indicates that Writesman was convicted of four counts of second-degree theft of property and was sentenced to concurrent terms of 18 years with 85…