W.B.S. v. State

W.B.S. challenges the circuit court’s dismissal of his Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition. In determining the propriety of that decision, this Court makes two conclusions: (1) that, because “the plain language of Rule 32.1, Ala. R.Crim. P., does not include juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent,” 192 So.3d at 420, Rule 32 is not a mechanism by which a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent may challenge counsel’s ineffectiveness; and (2) that “W.B.S.’s only avenue for challenging counsel’s effectiveness would be through the filing of a common-law writ.” 192 So.3d at 420. I…