Hollingquest v. State

PATTERSON, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Randy Hollingquest, appeals from the circuit court’s dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus wherein he contested five convictions, presumably for robbery, four of which occurred in 1977.

This petition was improperly dismissed, because it should have been treated in the context of petition for post-conviction relief, as mandated by A.R.Cr.P. 32.4. See Wright v. State, 597 So.2d 761 (Ala.Cr.App.1992); Salter v. State, 594 So.2d 249 (Ala.Cr.App.1992).

Therefore, the judgment of the circuit court is reversed, and this cause is remanded to that…