White v. State

TYSON, Judge.

James Henry White was convicted of sodomy in the first degree in the Houston County Circuit Court on August 19, 1986. His conviction was affirmed by this court, without opinion, on October 27, 1987. White v. State, 519 So.2d 1389 (Ala.Cr.App.1987).

He filed a Rule 20, A.R.Crim.P.Temp., petition with the circuit court on October 17, 1989. Following an ore tenus hearing, the petition was denied by the trial court. He now appeals from the denial of his petition.

The appellant contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel before, during, and after his trial because of the…