Minshew v. State

William Ray Minshew appeals the circuit court's summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for postconviction relief, in which he attacked his 1987 convictions, entered pursuant to guilty pleas, for four counts of theft of property in the second degree and his resulting sentences of 10 years' imprisonment for each conviction. Minshew stated that the sentences were suspended, and that he was placed on five years' probation for each conviction, with the probationary periods to run consecutively. Minshew stated in his petition that he did not appeal from those convictions.

Minshew…