Burgin v. State

WISE, Judge.

The appellant, Richard Burgin, appeals from the circuit court’s denial of his petition for postconviction relief, filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P. Burgin’s petition attacked his 1998 conviction for first-degree robbery and his sentence of life imprisonment, imposed pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act, § 13A-5-9, Ala.Code 1975 (“HFOA”). This Court affirmed Burgin’s conviction on direct appeal, by an unpublished memorandum. Burgin v. State (No. CR-98-0273), 768 So.2d 1025 (Ala.Crim.App.1999) (table). A certificate of judgment was issued on June 15, 1999.

On August…