Leroy Henderson v. Circuit Court of the Tenth Judicial Circuit, State of Alabama

Leroy Henderson, the appellant, petitioned for dismissal of an Alabama state felony charge and a detainer against him when he was serving a federal sentence in Atlanta, on the ground that the state had denied him a speedy trial while he was in federal custody. The district court denied relief and we affirm.

The appellant avers that while he was free on bail relative to the Alabama charge of “possession of a pistol after conviction of a felony”, he departed that state; was sentenced to serve two years in a Georgia state court; escaped; and subsequently was convicted and sentenced for violation…