Gillis v. State

BURKE, Judge.

Alphonso Dudley Gillis appeals the circuit court’s denial of his Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief in which he challenged his August 3, 2010, guilty plea to first-degree sodomy, see § 13A-6-63(a)(3), Ala.Code 1975, and his resulting sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment.

On or about July 15, 2011, Gillis filed this Rule 32 petition alleging that he was denied effective assistance of counsel because, Gillis says, his trial counsel incorrectly advised him that he was eligible for “incentive good time” and parole. Gillis further claims that, had he known that…