Breach v. State

The appellant, Marcellus Breach, an inmate at Limestone correctional facility in Limestone County, appeals from the Limestone County Circuit Court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in which he claims that although he is entitled to 375 days credit against his prison sentence for escape in the third degree (CC-93-1217), the Department of Corrections has erroneously calculated that credit as 270 days.

The Circuit Court of Limestone County dismissed the appellant's petition, stating as its ground for doing so that jurisdiction over matters concerning an alleged error in…