Ellis v. State

LONG, Judge.

The appellant, Richard Louis Ellis, was convicted of murder in December 1992 and was sentenced, as a habitual felony offender, to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The appellant’s conviction and sentence were affirmed by this Court in an unpublished memorandum on August 13, 1993. 635 So.2d 916 (Ala.Crim.App.1993) (table). The appellant was represented by the same counsel at trial and on appeal.

On August 31, 1994, the appellant filed a petition for post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P, attacking his December 1992 conviction. In the petition, the…