Ex Parte Behel

397 So.2d 163 (1981)

Ex parte Curtis Gene BEHEL.

(Re Curtis Gene Behel v. State of Alabama).

79-340.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

February 5, 1981.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1981.

Elizabeth T. Cvetetic, Birmingham, for petitioner.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Samuel J. Clenney, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.

FAULKNER, Justice.

Petitioner Behel was convicted of first degree burglary and was sentenced to 40 years in the state penitentiary. Prior to transfer to the penitentiary, Behel escaped from the Lauderdale County Jail, where he was incarcerated. He pleaded guilty to the charge of…