Pugh v. State

TAYLOR, Judge.

Jeffery Lynn Pugh was convicted of first degree robbery in 1983 in Mobile County and was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment. His Rule 20, Ala.Temp.R.Crim.P., motion for post-conviction relief was denied by the circuit court without a hearing. He contends that his claims were meritorious on their face. The essence of Pugh’s contention is that he had a lawyer who was to pursue his appeal and that the lawyer dismissed it without his knowledge. In Ex parte Boatwright, 471 So.2d 1257 (Ala.1985), our Supreme Court stated that “an evidentiary hearing must be held on a cor-am nobis…