Crouch v. State

This is an appeal from the summary denial of a Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief. We affirm.

In 1995, Douglas L. Crouch was convicted of first-degree rape and second-degree kidnapping; the victim was his former wife. He was sentenced to a total of 21 years in prison. The convictions were affirmed on direct appeal. Crouch v. State, 683 So.2d 1073 (Ala.Crim.App.1996) (table), cert, denied, 681 So.2d 648 (Ala.1996) (table).

On February 24, 1998, Crouch filed a timely Rule 32 petition for postconviction relief (“the 1998 petition”). Crouch also requested that the circuit…