Barclay v. State

WELCH, Judge.

Don Robert Barclay appeals from the circuit court’s summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition. The petition sought relief from his April 7,1978, conviction for child molestation. He was sentenced to serve five years in prison. His conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. See Barclay v. State, 368 So.2d 579 (Ala.Crim.App.1979). The instant petition was deemed filed on January 12, 2007. In it, Barclay asserted that this is his first petition for postconviction relief challenging this conviction.

*211Barclay claimed in his petition that the trial court lacked…