Legal Opinion

Harold Grossnickle v. State of Alabama

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 3, 1969No. 28081PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

It is ordered that the motion filed by appellee to dismiss the appeal, in the above styled and numbered cause, is hereby granted.

At most, this appeal questions the method of determination used and the result reached thereby by Alabama prison authorities and Alabama courts in computing the time to be served by petitioner under an Alabama state sentence. We must leave such decisions to the courts of Alabama. They present no federal question, constitutional or otherwise, and are not subject to review by federal ha-beas corpus proceedings. Cf. United States ex rel. Kennedy v. Tyler, 269 U.S. 13,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United States Ex Rel. Kennedy v. TylerSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Loren Young v. Ralph N. Eidson, Warden of the Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. William M. Keenan, Jr. v. Larry D. Bennett, Commissioner, Alabama Board of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  2. Norman Holtzinger v. W. J. Estelle, Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
  3. United States ex rel. Spain v. OswaldDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1972

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