Cofield v. State

1 A previous unpublished memorandum concerning the appellant, Cofield v. State, 683 So.2d 1071 (Ala.Cr.App. 1996), refers to the appellant as "Christopher Cofield."

On June 2, 1995, while the appellant, Christopher James Cofield, was an inmate at Ventress Correctional Center in Clayton, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the Barbour Circuit Court, contending that he was being unlawfully restrained on a 1991 conviction and sentence that had been imposed in Marion County.2 The State moved to dismiss or, in the alternative, to transfer the case, arguing that the petition failed to…