Sims v. State

COBB, Judge.

On August 31, 1992, Sims was convicted of two counts of second-degree robbery. Upon remand by this Court, see Sims v. State, 663 So.2d 975 (Ala.Crim.App.1994), the trial court sentenced Sims to consecutive 20-year sentences. This Court affirmed Sims’s convictions and sentences on return to remand. Sims v. State, 663 So.2d 982 (Ala.Crim.App.1994) (opinion on return to remand). The certificate of judgment was issued on May 26, 1995.

On May 23, 1997, Sims filed a Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition. On October 14, 1997, Sims amended his petition. After the State had responded, the…