SEYMORE v. STATE OF ALA.

No. 87-7087.

846 F.2d 1355 (1988)

Milton Wayne SEYMORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF ALABAMA, Leoneal Davis, Warden, et al., and The Attorney General of the State of Alabama, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Valentini, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, for petitioner-appellant.

Donald Siegelman, Atty. Gen., Helen P. Nelson, Rivard Melson, Asst. Attys. Gen., Montgomery, Ala., for respondents-appellees.

Before VANCE and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


EDMONDSON, Circuit Judge:

Milton Wayne Seymore, an Alabama prisoner, appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by the district court for the Northern District of Alabama. Seymore contends that his conviction was obtained in violation of the "speedy trial provision" of Article III(a) of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers, Ala.Code. sec. 15-9-81 (1982) (hereinafter "IAD" or "the Agreement") because he was tried more than 180 days after requesting...

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