Conner v. State

Claude M. Conner appeals the circuit court's summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for postconviction relief, in which he attacked his March 28, 1984, conviction, entered pursuant to a guilty plea, for attempted robbery in the first degree, and his resulting sentence of life imprisonment. Conner stated in his petition that he did not appeal.

Conner filed his petition on September 19, 2005. In his petition, Conner alleged that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to accept his guilty plea to attempted robbery because, he said, that offense does not exist under Alabama law. After…