Carlile v. Alabama Department of Corrections

SHAW, Judge.

Joseph Carlile appeals the circuit court’s summary denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which he alleged that the Alabama Department of Corrections (“DOC”) had improperly calculated his release date. According to Carlile, he was being illegally held beyond the expiration of his sentence because, he claimed, DOC had not properly calculated the amount of incentive good time (“IGT”) to which he was entitled.

Our examination of the record indicates that in 1978 and 1979 Carlile was convicted of four counts of robbery and one count of escape; he was sentenced to a…