Byrd v. State

This appeal arises from the summary denial of a Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition filed by the appellant, Frederick Douglas Byrd. On May 11, 1988, the appellant pleaded guilty to second-degree robbery; he was sentenced to life imprisonment. He did not directly appeal his conviction, but filed the Rule 32 petition on July 27, 1999, arguing that his guilty plea was not entered into voluntarily, that he was denied effective assistance of counsel, and that the trial court was without jurisdiction to render the judgment or to impose the sentence. The trial court denied the appellant's petition on…