Mims v. State

This is an appeal from the denial of three petitions for post-conviction relief. In separate, but substantially identical, petitions the appellant, Raymond June Saxon Mims, challenges his 1990 convictions for rape, sodomy, and kidnapping. Those convictions were affirmed on direct appeal.Mims v. State, 591 So.2d 120 (Ala.Cr.App. 1991).1

The Alabama Supreme Court denied certiorari review on December 6, 1991, Mims, 591 So.2d at 120, and this Court issued a certificate of judgment on the same date. The three petitions for post-conviction relief were filed on December 29, 1993. C.R. 16, 39, 64. The…