Knight v. State

After Remand from The Alabama Supreme Court.

BURKE, Judge.1

In Ex parte Knight, 92 So.3d 717 (Ala.2011), the Alabama Supreme Court re*724versed this Court’s judgment affirming the circuit court’s summary denial of James Sheridan Knight’s motion for reconsideration of his sentence pursuant to § 13A-5-9.1, Ala.Code 1975.2 The Supreme Court determined that a July 25, 2007, administrative order of the Montgomery Circuit Court did not constitute a valid judicial appointment under § 13A-5-9.1 because the order allowed the circuit clerk to exercise discretion in assigning motions for sentence…