Williams v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for post-conviction relief. The petitioner, Tony Williams, challenges his 1992 conviction for murder. That conviction was affirmed by unpublished memorandum on direct appeal. See Williams v. State, 618 So.2d 153 (Ala.Cr.App.1993) (Table). The petitioner alleges that trial counsel was ineffective because he failed to call certain key witnesses, and that appellate counsel was ineffective because he failed to raise certain issues on appeal. The district attorney filed a motion to dismiss, asserting that relief was…