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Chapman v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
May 23, 1967
43 Ala. App. 693 (Ala. Crim. App. 1967)

Opinion

8 Div. 81.

May 23, 1967.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Morgan County, Jas. N. Bloodworth, J.

Ralph E. Slate, Decatur, for appellant.

MacDonald Gallion, Atty. Gen., and Walter S. Turner, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.


This is an appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of Morgan County denying appellant's discharge on habeas corpus.

The stipulated facts are that petitioner was convicted of the offense of assault with intent to murder on July 12, 1957, and was sentenced to serve seven years in the penitentiary; that he was granted probation for a period of ten years; that after serving eight and one-half years of the ten year probationary period he was, on December 9, 1965, convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and his punishment fixed at five years in the penitentiary for this offense. After a hearing was had petitioner's probation was revoked and he was ordered to serve the original seven-year sentence.

It is appellant's insistence that after the expiration of seven years from his commitment to probation he had completed his full sentence and that he was entitled to his discharge on habeas corpus.

This question has been decided adversely to appellant's contention. Our appellate courts have held that under Title 42, Section 24, Code of Alabama, a probationer is not entitled to credit on his sentence for time served on probation. Persall v. State, 31 Ala. App. 309, 16 So.2d 332; Dixon v. State, 42 Ala. App. 341, 164 So.2d 509; Ex parte Hutchinson, 264 Ala. 447, 87 So.2d 847.

The judgment is affirmed.

Affirmed.

JOHNSON, J., recuses self.


Summaries of

Chapman v. State

Court of Appeals of Alabama
May 23, 1967
43 Ala. App. 693 (Ala. Crim. App. 1967)
Case details for

Chapman v. State

Case Details

Full title:Edd CHAPMAN v. STATE

Court:Court of Appeals of Alabama

Date published: May 23, 1967

Citations

43 Ala. App. 693 (Ala. Crim. App. 1967)
199 So. 2d 865

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