Ferris v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for post-conviction relief. The appellant, Richard W. Ferris, challenges his two 1993 guilty plea convictions for assault in the second degree and for vehicular homicide, on the ground that he is being held in custody after his sentence has expired. The appellant was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on each conviction. Those sentences were “split” pursuant to Ala.Code 1975, § 15-18-8 (the Split Sentence Act), and he was ordered to serve two years’ imprisonment on each conviction, to be served concurrently. The…