Ex Parte Tiller

1 The petition filed in this Court carried the name "Anshonetta Marie Tiller." The related case in the Court of Criminal Appeals carried the name "Annshonetta Marie Tiller."

I. Background and History of the Case

Anshonetta Marie Tiller was convicted on April 12, 1999, of trafficking in cocaine, a violation of § 13A-12-231(2), Ala. Code 1975. Tiller's conviction was a felony conviction, and for that conviction the trial court sentenced her to 22 years' imprisonment; ordered her to pay a $1,000 victim's compensation assessment; fined her $1,000 in accordance with the Alabama Demand Reduction…