Dalton v. State

On Remand from the Alabama Supreme Court

JOINER, Judge.

Christopher Eric Dalton filed a Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition in the Lee Circuit Court in November 2009. The peti*181tion challenged his February 2009 guilty-plea convictions for two counts of attempted murder, one count of breaking and entering an automobile, and one count of misdemeanor theft. In the petition Dalton alleged that his trial counsel had been ineffective because, he said, counsel had erroneously told Dalton he would be eligible for parole in six years.

The State filed an answer to Dalton’s petition on December 9, 2009..…