Ex Parte Walker

This Court granted Billy Lewayne Walker's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the affirmance by the Court of Criminal Appeals of the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P. The two principal issues presented in the petition for certiorari review are 1) whether the decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals conflicts with other decisions in holding that Walker's counsel on original appeal was not ineffective in failing to raise any issue as to hearsay testimony admitted at trial and 2) whether the affirmance conflicts with other…