Collins v. ALABAMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

The appellant, Merlin Collins, filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, arguing that the Alabama Department of Corrections ("DOC") had improperly classified him as a heinous offender. DOC responded, and the circuit court denied the petition, but ordered DOC to remove the designation of heinous from the appellant's classification. After DOC filed a motion for clarification, the circuit court struck its previous order and denied the petition in its entirety. This appeal followed.

The appellant argues that the circuit court improperly struck its order in which it had granted the relief he had…