Washington v. State

TYSON, Judge.

On May 5, 1981, Gary Washington and William Baldwin filed a joint “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus” to challenge the action of the Alabama Board of Corrections Disciplinary Court which eliminated two years of accrued “good time” from the records of both appellants due to an incident which occurred on February 16, 1981. The “Petition” (R. 2-17) was supported with a detailed summary of the appellants’ contentions and an argument for the relief sought. The State filed a “Motion to Deny Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus” (R. 39) based on the conclusory grounds that “all of the…