Ex Parte King

On March 2, 1999, James Lorenzo King1 was convicted of first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy, violations of §§ 13A-6-61 and 13A-6-63, Ala. Code 1975. The trial court sentenced him, as a habitual felony offender, to life without parole on both counts. See § 13A-5-9(c)(3), Ala. Code 1975. King appealed. The Court of Criminal Appeals remanded the case "to give the trial court an opportunity to clarify whether" it had complied with Rule 6.1, Ala.R.Crim.P. King v. State, 797 So.2d 1187,1191 (Ala.Crim.App. 1999). On March 24, 2000, on return to remand, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed…