Garrett v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a dismissal on motion of the respondent of a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner (appellant) alleged that he was an “inmate of the Alabama Prison System ... at Staton Correctional Facility” at the time the petition was filed on November 3, 1982. Acting on behalf of the respondent, the District Attorney of Elmore County Circuit Court, in which county appellant was allegedly confined, filed a motion to deny the petition, as to which the court acted in writing in pertinent part as follows:

“The Petition for Writ of…