Boutwell v. State

Appellant, Grady Boutwell, was convicted on April 12, 1965, of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to thirty years in the state penitentiary. His conviction was affirmed without opinion by this court and affirmed with opinion by the Alabama Supreme Court. Boutwell v. State, 279 Ala. 176,183 So.2d 774 (1966).

On November 1, 1985, appellant filed a pro se pleading styled "Motion for Jail Time," in the Circuit Court of Escambia County, Alabama. Appellant alleged that he spent thirteen months in jail awaiting trial and that this time was not credited to his sentence as required by §…