Wilson v. State

The appellant, Shenderryl K. Wilson, an inmate incarcerated at Donaldson Correctional Facility, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that he has not been credited with sufficient time for the time he spent in jail awaiting trial. After the Alabama Department of Corrections ("DOC") responded, the circuit court summarily denied the petition. This appeal followed.

The appellant argues that the circuit court erroneously summarily denied his petition. In his petition, he asserted that, in case number CC-02-4267 and case number CC-02-5973, he was incarcerated from April 15, 2002,…