Royal v. State

WELCH, Judge.

Robert Royal appeals from the circuit court’s summary dismissal of his Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief in which he attacked his 1976 convictions, pursuant to guilty pleas, and his sentences, for one count of grand larceny, three counts of second-degree burglary, and one count of first-degree burglary.

Royal filed the instant petition on October 22, 2008. Royal asserted that, at the time of his offenses, § 12-15-33(a), Ala. ' Code 1975, was the applicable law. Royal asserted that this statute afforded offenders under the age of 17 a hearing to determine…