Taunton v. State

The question presented in this case seems simple enough — when a prisoner is seeking to receive credit on his sentence for the time he spent in jail awaiting trial, what kind of petition should he file and where should he file it? The Court of Criminal Appeals held that he could file a petition for writ of habeas corpus under the provisions of Ala.Code 1975, § 15-21-6, “addressed to the nearest circuit judge.” *616The State contends that the petition should have been filed “in the court of original jurisdiction” because the petitioner is claiming that the court of original jurisdiction imposed on…