Ex Parte Brooks

This Court granted Willie J. Brooks's petition for certiorari review of the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming the dismissal of Brooks's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We reverse the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals, seeBrooks v. State (No. CR-02-0788, August 22, 2003),886 So.2d 182 (Ala.Crim.App. 2003) (table), because it conflicts with the decision of this Court in Ex parte Floyd, 457 So.2d 961 (Ala. 1984), and we remand this case to the Court of Criminal Appeals for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

In a prison disciplinary proceeding after…