Lewis v. State

BASCHAB, Judge.

The appellant, Willie Edward Lewis, was convicted of first-degree robbery and first-degree burglary. On March 13, 1998, the trial court sentenced him, as a habitual offender, to imprisonment for life without the possibility of parole. See § 13A-5-9(c)(3), Ala.Code 1975. We affirmed his convictions in an unpublished memorandum and issued a certificate of judgment on September 29, 1998. See Lewis v. State, (CR-97-1173) 741 So.2d 487 (Ala.Crim.App.1998) (table). On September 8, 2000, the appellant filed a petition for post-conviction relief pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P.,…