Legal Opinion

Block v. ALABAMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 26, 2005No. CR-04-1417Published

1Opinion of the Court

923 So.2d 342 (2005)

Samuel Lynez BLOCK III

v.

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS.

CR-04-1417.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

August 26, 2005.

Samuel L. Block III, pro se.

Albert Sim Butler, asst. gen. counsel, Department of Corrections, for appellee.

BASCHAB, Judge.

The appellant, Samuel Lynez Block III, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that the Alabama Department of Corrections ("DOC") improperly classified him as a sex offender. After DOC responded, the circuit court treated the petition as a petition for a writ of certiorari and summarily dismissed it. This appeal…

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2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Hewitt v. HelmsSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Moody v. DaggettSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  3. Heflin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  4. Carl J. Monroe v. Morris Thigpen, Leland LambertCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
  5. Ellard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1984

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