Mullins v. State

Ronald Alva Mullins was convicted of sexual abuse in the first degree and was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment in December 1985. We affirmed his conviction without opinion.Mullins v. State, 497 So.2d 859 (Ala.Cr.App. 1986). A Rule 20, A.R.Cr.P.Temp., petition was filed in May 1988. The state moved to dismiss this petition on the grounds that petitioner was precluded by Rule 20.2 from raising issues which either were raised on appeal or could lawfully have been raised but were not raised on appeal. The court dismissed the first Rule 20 petition filed by Mullins on May 20, 1988. On March 30,…