Upshaw v. State

BOLIN, Justice.

Roosevelt James Upshaw petitions this Court for certiorari review of the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming the Russell Circuit Court’s order denying Upshaw’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In his habeas corpus petition, Upshaw alleged that the Alabama Department of Corrections (“ADOC”) had erred in calculating the term of his sentence after he was arrested while on parole in that ADOC unlawfully denied him credit under § 15-22-32(a), Ala.Code 1975, for the time he was incarcerated in Georgia.1 We affirm.

Facts and Procedural History

On August 1, 1986,…