Harper v. State

MOORE, Chief Justice.

John Alfred Harper, an incarcerated inmate, petitioned this Court for a writ of certiorari to review the circuit court’s denial of his latest motion for sentence reconsideration filed pursuant to § 13A-5-9.1, Ala.Code 1975 (repealed effective March 13, 2014, Act No. 2014-165, Ala. Acts 2014), and the Court of Criminal Appeals’ affirmance of that denial. ' Section 13A-5-9.1 stated:

“The provisions of Section 13A-5-9 shall be applied retroactively by the sentencing judge or, if the sentencing judge is no longer in office, by any circuit judge appointed by the presiding…