Williams v. State

JOINER, Judge.

Jimmy Williams, Jr., who was convicted in the Montgomery Circuit Court of capital murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, filed a petition for postconviction relief pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., challenging his. sentence; specifically, Williams — who was 15 years old at the time of his offense — argued that his sentence is unconstitutional in light of the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in Miller v. Alabama, — U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 2475, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012). We affirm the circuit court’s summary dismissal…