Ragland v. State

WELCH, Judge.

James Albert Ragland appeals from the circuit court’s summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief. The petition challenged Rag-land’s June 11, 2007, convictions for murder and attempted murder. On August 13, 2007, the trial court issued an order in which it sentenced Ragland to 20 years in prison on the murder conviction; it then split that sentence, ordering Ragland to serve 5 years followed by 5 years of supervised probation. In that same order the trial court sentenced Ragland to 20 years in prison on the attempted-murder conviction; it…