615 SO2D 129 - Mitchell v. State

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Cited by 63 later decisions (1 by the Supreme Court) — most recently December 2017 · most notably 666 So. 2d 91 - Brownlee v. State (1995), 629 So. 2d 6 - Hallford v. State (1993)

2 federal appellate · 60 state decisions

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MONTIEL, Judge.

¶1Michael Otis Mitchell filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus with the Escambia Circuit Court challenging his convictions for sodomy in the first degree and sexual abuse in the first degree. The cause was transferred to the Mobile Circuit Court, where the petition was denied. This court has held that when a petition styled as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus is filed and the allegations raised in the petition are cognizable in a proceeding under Rule 32, A.R.Cr.P., the cause should be entertained in the court of original conviction and the petitioner should be given the opportunity to file a proper post-conviction petition as required by Rule 32.6(a). Drayton v. State, 600 So.2d 1088 (Ala.Crim.App. 1992) (and cases cited therein). Therefore, this case is remanded to the circuit court with directions that the petition for writ of habeas corpus be returned to the appellant so that he can have the opportunity to file a proper Rule 32 petition.

¶2REVERSED AND REMANDED.

All the Judges concur.