Grant v. State

McMILLAN, Judge.

The defendant was convicted of theft of property in the second degree and was sentenced as a habitual offender to 25 years in the penitentiary. His conviction was affirmed by this Court without opinion, Grant v. State, 550 So.2d 1088 (Ala.Cr.App.1989), on May 26, 1989. On June 14, 1989, he filed a Rule 20, Ala.R.Cr.P., Temp., petition, which thereafter was denied by the Circuit Court of Marengo County. He appealed the denial to this Court, which dismissed the appeal because the petition had been filed while the direct appeal of the underlying conviction was still pending on…