Martin v. State
Martin v. State
Opinion
This is an appeal from the dismissal of a petition for writ of habeas corpus wherein Bobby Martin challenges seven Alabama felony convictions and sentences1 under which he is presently being held, alleging that each conviction was obtained in violation of §
Martin alleges that the State of Alabama lost jurisdiction over him when it allowed him to be transported to Mississippi without first trying him for the seven offenses charged in Alabama. Conversely, Martin also alleges that the State of Mississippi lost jurisdiction over him when it allowed him to be transported back to Alabama without first trying him for the offenses charged in Mississippi.
This court lacks any jurisdiction over Martin's challenges to the convictions obtained in the State of Mississippi, and we shall confine our inquiry to his challenges to the Alabama convictions.
The petition does not allege, and there is no showing, that Martin attempted to present his challenges to the Alabama convictions to the trial court or on direct appeal. Consequently, we find that Martin has waived this issue by failing to timely assert it. "By failing to raise his claim prior to or during the trial, the petitioner has waived any claim for relief he may have had." Tombrello v. State,
Martin's reliance upon §
Finally, we note that "a prisoner has no standing to contest an agreement between two sovereigns concerning the temporary exchange of custody of the prisoner on a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum." In re Nix,
Accordingly, we find that the petition for writ of habeas corpus was properly dismissed and we therefore affirm the judgment of the circuit court.
The foregoing opinion was prepared by JAMES H. FAULKNER, a Retired Justice, Supreme Court of Alabama, serving as a judge of this court, and his opinion is adopted as that of this court.
AFFIRMED.
All the Judges concur.
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- Bobby Martin v. State.
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