Reeves v. State

SHAW, Judge.

Herbert James Reeves appeals the circuit court’s summary denial of his second Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for post-conviction relief, in which he sought an out-of-time appeal from the summary denial of his first Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition.

In the present petition, filed on November 15, 2001, Reeves alleged that the failure to properly perfect his appeal from the denial of his first petition was through no fault of his own. He claimed that he properly filed a written notice of appeal in compliance with Rule 3, Ala.R.App.P., specifically, the form entitled “Notice of…