Bland v. State

The appellant, Terry Bland, was convicted of murder and was sentenced as a habitual offender to life imprisonment without parole. His conviction was affirmed by this Court on appeal.601 So.2d 521. He subsequently filed a Rule 32, Ala.R.Cr.P., petition on the following grounds: (1) that the confession had been coerced, (2) that the arrest was unlawful, (3) that the prosecution had failed to disclose favorable evidence, (4) that his counsel had been ineffective, (5) that his sentence was unauthorized and (6) that newly discovered material facts existed. The State responded as follows: (1) that…