Goodwin v. State

TAYLOR, Judge.

The appellant, Riley Martin Goodwin, appeals from the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. The appellant raised issues in his habeas corpus petition which are cognizable in a petition for post-conviction relief under Rule 32, A.R.Crim.P. The trial court treated the writ as a petition for post-conviction relief, without allowing the appellant the opportunity to amend his petition to conform to Rule 32.

“When a post-conviction petition seeking relief from conviction or sentence is filed with the circuit court that is not in the proper form as prescribed by Rule 32,…