Batey v. State

SEE, Justice.

This Court issued the writ of certiorari to review George Randall Batey’s claim asserted in his Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition that the trial court used more prior felony convictions than he actually has to enhance his sentence under the Habitual Felony Offender Act, § 13A-5-9, Ala.Code 1975 (“the HFOA”).1 However, *340Batey’s arguments in his briefs to this Court largely ignore the issue and focus instead on an argument that the State failed to prove his prior felony convictions the trial court used to enhance his sentence. Because this argument is not jurisdictional and was not…