Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Boykins
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided December 20, 2002No. 1011152PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
On September 17, 2001, Gregory Boykins, an inmate at the Bullock County Correctional Facility, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Bullock County Circuit Court challenging the denial by the Department of Corrections ("the DOC") of his request to receive incentive good time ("IGT"). On October 26, 2001, the district attorney's office filed a motion to dismiss the petition, which Boykins opposed. In an order issued on November 1, 2001, the trial court characterized Boykins's petition as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and granted the motion to dismiss. On December 19,…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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- Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Heflin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- McNally v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Parker v. EllisSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Boykins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2003
- McConico v. ALABAMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONSCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2004
- Collins v. ALABAMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONSCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2004
- Jacobs v. ALABAMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONSCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2004
- Collins v. ALABAMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONSSupreme Court of Alabama · 2007
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