Grant v. State

The appellant, Willie Joe Grant, appeals from the circuit court's dismissal of his petition for postconviction relief, filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., in which he attacked his 1991 guilty-plea conviction for receiving stolen property in the second degree.1 Grant did not appeal his conviction and sentence. However, on September 4, 1996, Grant filed a Rule 32 petition, which the circuit court summarily denied on May 28, 1998; Grant did not appeal from the summary denial.

On May 6, 2004, Grant filed the Rule 32 petition that is the subject of this appeal. In his petition, Grant claimed…