Green v. State

Under Rules 14.4(a)(l)(viii) and 26.9(b), Ala. R.Crim. P., defendants who plead guilty have a limited right to appeal their convictions and sentences. See Ingram v. State, 882 So.2d 374, 375-76 (Ala.Crim.App.2003). The only way to invoke the limited right to appeal a guilty-plea conviction and sentence is to reserve and preserve an issue or to file a motion to withdraw the guilty plea. Williams v. State, 854 So.2d 625, 627 (Ala.Crim.App.2003); Ex parte Sharpley, 935 So.2d 1158, 1161 (Ala.2005); Ingram, 882 So.2d at 376; Fuqua v. State, 912 So.2d 290, 291 (Ala.Crim.App.2005). Further, although…