983 So. 2d 414 - Quick v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““Quick appeals from the circuit court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which he challenges the calculation of credit for time he spent in jail before trial. “Quick argues that he was not credited with the proper amount of time for the time he served in jail while awaiting trial. Specifically, Quick claims that he has been continuously incarcerated since he was arrested for burglary in 1995 and that the clerk is crediting him only with jail time accrued from the date of his acquittal on the charge of capital murder to the date he was sentenced on his burglary convictions. “The State moved to dismiss Quick’s petition. In support of its response, the State offered the affidavit of Kathy Holt, correctional records director for the Department of Corrections, averring that Quick received 213 days of jail credit for each burglary conviction based on the certified report of the clerk of the circuit court in which Quick was convicted and sentenced, as required by § 15-18-5, Ala.Code 1975. Attached to the affidavit were certified copies of the clerk’s forms indicating the amount of credit Quick had accrued for time served. The trial judge subsequently dismissed the petition for the writ of habeas corpus. “Section 15-18-5, AIa.Code 1975, requires that ‘actual time spent incarcerated pending trial shall be certified by the circuit clerk or district clerk on forms to be prescribed by the Board of Corrections.’ Although the State’s response indicates that the Dep”

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   e.g. Gunn v. State