Maddox v. State

COOK, Justice.

Jimmy Lee Maddox was convicted in 1972 of forgery in the first degree. He filed a post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus and/or writ of error coram nobis 21 years after his conviction. The Court of Criminal Appeals remanded the case to the circuit court with directions to return the petition to Maddox so that he could file it in the court of original conviction, as required by Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P. See Maddox v. State, 662 So.2d 914 (Ala.CrimApp.1993).

Judge Bowen dissented from the majority opinion, stating:

“Rule 32.5 [Ala.R.Crim.P.] requires that post-conviction…