Beavers v. State

COBB, Judge.

On May 24, 2004, John Edward Beavers filed a Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition, his second. See Beavers v. State (No. CR-99-0732), 805 So.2d 799 (Ala.Crim.App. 2000) (table). On June 8, 2004, the State filed a motion for summary disposition, asserting numerous grounds. On June 11, 2004, the trial court summarily denied Beavers’s petition, by noting in the record: “[State’s] motion is granted, Rule 32 Petition dismissed.” (C. 19.) Beavers now appeals from the trial court’s summary disposition of his postconviction petition.

In his petition, Beavers raised a single issue — whether…