Salter v. State

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner challenges his two 1983 guilty plea convictions for the unlawful possession of hashish and Diazepam on the ground that those convictions were barred by double jeopardy because his possession of both controlled substances was simultaneous. See Vogel v. State, 426 So.2d 863 (Ala.Cr.App. 1980), cert. denied, 462 U.S. 1107,103 S.Ct. 2456, 77 L.Ed.2d 1335 (1983). The circuit court denied the petition because "[t]he remedy which the petitioner seeks is not available under habeas corpus motion." R. 30.

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