Roberts v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The issue presented is whether or not a person convicted and sentenced for trafficking in drugs under Alabama Code 1975, § 20-2-80 (1980), is eligible to receive "good time" under the Alabama Correctional Incentive Time Act (ACIT Act), Alabama Code 1975, § 14-9-40 to 44 (1980). We hold that the "good time" act does apply to a person convicted of trafficking.

David H. Roberts was convicted for trafficking in cocaine and received the minimum sentence authorized by law for that offense: three years' imprisonment without…