Boykin v. State

After having been indicted for two counts of first-degree robbery, Doncey Frank Boykin pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree robbery on June 22, 1987. The trial court sentenced him to two concurrent sentences of 15 years in prison. Boykin did not appeal.

On February 22, 2002, Boykin filed a Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition. After the State had responded, the circuit court summarily denied the petition. This appeal followed.

We do not address Boykin's claims in his petition or on appeal. Rather, we notice, ex mero motu, a problem involving the jurisdiction of the trial court to accept…