Murray v. State

I concur -with this Court’s decision to quash the writ of certiorari. I write to explain my reasoning.

In April 2013, Louis Murray filed his fifth Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief, attacking his sentence for his 1983 conviction for first-degree robbery, which had been enhanced pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act, § 13A-5-9, Ala.Code 1975, in light of the State’s proof that Murray had three prior felony convictions, to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In his Rule 32 petition, Murray alleged, among other grounds, that his sentence was…