Hill v. State

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s decision in its unpublished memorandum affirming the circuit court’s denial of Charles Edward Hill’s Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief. Based on the record before us, I believe this case should be remanded for additional findings.

Hill alleged in his petition that his guilty pleas to the offenses of trafficking in cocaine and distribution of marijuana were not voluntarily and knowingly entered because, he said, the circuit court did not inform him of the potential minimum and maximum sentences he could have received on those…