Legal Opinion
State v. Kerley
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Decided December 15, 2017No. CR–16–0740Published
1Opinion of the Court
KELLUM, Judge.
The State of Alabama appeals the circuit court's order granting Frank M. Kerley's Rule 32, Ala. R. Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief on one of the claims in Kerley's petition. Kerley cross-appeals the circuit court's denial of the other two claims raised in his petition.
Facts and Procedural History
In 2014, Kerley was convicted of one count of first-degree sexual abuse of M.L. and one count of first-degree sexual abuse of J.H. See § 13A-6-66(a)(1), Ala. Code 1975. The trial court sentenced Kerley to five years' imprisonment for each conviction. This Court affirmed…
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