Whitman v. State

On Application for Rehearing

The unpublished memorandum issued on January 23, 2004, is withdrawn and the following opinion is substituted therefor.

Robert Whitman appeals the circuit court's summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for postconviction relief, in which he attacked his guilty-plea conviction for trafficking in cocaine and his resulting sentence of 20 years' imprisonment.

The record reflects that Whitman pleaded guilty on March 12, 2001. As part of the plea agreement with the State, Whitman waived his right to appeal and to collaterally challenge his conviction or…