McClintock v. State

James McClintock appeals from the circuit court's summary dismissal of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for postconviction relief.

In June 1987, McClintock was convicted of first-degree escape, a Class B felony. See § 13A-10-31(b), Ala. Code 1975. He was sentenced, as a habitual offender with three prior felony convictions, to life imprisonment. See § 13A-5-9(c), Ala. Code 1975 ("In all cases when it is shown that a criminal defendant has been previously convicted of any three felonies and after such convictions has committed another felony, he must be punished as follows: . . . (2) On…