Barnes v. State

The appellant, Bennie Barnes, appeals from the circuit court's "denial" of his second Rule 32, A.R.Cr.P., petition, in which he contested his 1989 conviction for trafficking in cocaine and his resulting sentence of 15 years' imprisonment and fine of $50,000. We find the following chronology helpful in sifting through the procedural quagmire presented by this case:

April 11, 1991: Barnes's conviction and sentence were affirmed by this court in an unpublished memorandum decision, Ms. 90-563. 586 So.2d 297.

April 17: Barnes filed his first Rule 32 petition.

April 25: This petition was summarily…