Ex Parte Zimmerman

In 1991, Levanure Zimmerman was convicted of murder. He was sentenced, as an habitual offender with three prior felony convictions, to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. On direct appeal, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed his conviction and sentence, without an opinion. Zimmerman v. State, 602 So.2d 1235 (Ala.Crim.App. 1992) (table).

This present petition seeks certiorari review of a judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals, issued on June 29, 2001, affirming the Calhoun Circuit Court's denial of Zimmerman's postconviction petition,1 in which Zimmerman contested the…