Whitson v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
SHAW, Judge.
Sandy Lewis Whitson appeals the circuit court’s summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for postconviction relief, in which he attacked his June 2001 guilty-plea conviction for burglary in the third degree and his resulting sentence, as a habitual felony offender, of 30 years’ imprisonment. This Court affirmed Whit-son’s conviction and sentence on direct appeal in an unpublished memorandum issued on August 16, 2002. See Whitson v. State (No. CR-01-1095, August 16, 2002), 868 So.2d 484 (Ala.Crim.App.2002)(table). The Alabama Supreme Court denied cer-tiorari review,…
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