Hiett v. State

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The petitioner, Jerry Z. Hiett, filed a document entitled "Petition for the Application of the Writ of Habeas Corpus" in the Elmore Circuit Court on July 21, 1992. In this petition, he challenges his two 1988 Cleburne County convictions for perjury in the first degree based on the following allegations: that his trial counsel was ineffective; that the two convictions violate double jeopardy principles because both perjury convictions arose from the same testimony he gave at the sentencing hearing of Bill Hiett, see…