Menefee v. State

BOWEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for post-conviction relief. The petitioner challenges his 1990 guilty plea conviction for the unlawful possession of cocaine. The circuit court dismissed the petition on the grounds that “the petition is not sufficiently specific and does not state grounds which would authorize relief. No purpose would be served by further pro-ceedings_” R. 18.

I

The petitioner’s first two allegations are without merit. Counsel was not ineffective in failing to challenge the indictment because the indictment tracks the language of § 13A-12-211 in…