Citizenship Trust v. Keddie-Hill

Part I of the main opinion dismisses Mary Kathleen Keddie-Hill and Cheryl Tillman’s case below on the ground that Rule 32.1, Ala. R.Crim. P., requires that a postconviction petition seeking relief from “multiple judgments entered in more than a single trial or guilty-plea proceeding ... be dismissed without prejudice.” I concur in this dismissal, and I agree that the dismissal should be without prejudice to the extent those petitioners have sought relief in this case that hereafter may be pursued in a properly structured Rule 32 proceeding. I note, however, that to the extent the petitioners…