McDougal v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for post-conviction relief.

In a letter to the Lauderdale County, Alabama circuit clerk dated January 11, 1990, Kelly Colbert McDougal advised the clerk that her letter constituted formal notification of her filing a "Motion for Sentence Reduction" pursuant to Rule 20, A.R.Crim.P.Temp. She then requested that the clerk forward to her all forms necessary to comply with the filing of a Rule 20 petition for post-conviction relief. This letter was filed in the office of the circuit clerk on January 16, 1990. The circuit court denied McDougal's…