Young v. State

MADDOX, Justice.

This is a habeas corpus/Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim.P., petition for post-conviction relief. The issue presented is whether a trial court can summarily dismiss a post-conviction filing seeking relief from a criminal conviction or sentence that is not on the form prescribed by Rule 32, without first requiring the filing on the prescribed form, when the claim for relief is, on the face of the filing, precluded under Rule 32.2.

The defendant in this case, Nathaniel Young, was convicted of second degree robbery and was sentenced to life imprisonment, pursuant to the Habitual Felony…