Bandy v. State

The appellant, Joe H. Bandy, Jr., appeals from the circuit court's dismissal of his petition styled as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He was convicted in the Circuit Court for Lee County of the unlawful possession of a controlled substance, a violation of § 13A-12-211, Code of Alabama 1975, and his conviction was affirmed on direct appeal in an unpublished memorandum. Bandy v. State, 689 So.2d 1016 (Ala.Cr.App. 1996) (table). Although when he filed his petition the appellant was incarcerated in Escambia County and his petition, as a petition for writ of habeas corpus, should…