King v. State

McMILLAN, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, James Mitchell King, filed a Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition, attacking his 1982 murder conviction. King was sentenced, as a habitual offender with three prior felony convictions, to life imprisonment without parole.

In his petition, King argued that the indictment against him was void because, he says, it failed to allege all elements of the offense of murder and that his sentence of life imprisonment without parole exceeded the maximum authorized by law. During a hearing conducted by the trial court, King argued, through retained counsel, that he…