King v. State

Terry King appeals the circuit court's summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for postconviction relief, in which he requested an out-of-time appeal from the summary denial of a previous Rule 32 petition.

The record reflects that King filed his first Rule 32 petition on or about January 25, 2000. On July 10, 2000, King filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in this Court, requesting that we order the circuit court to rule on his petition. The State filed a response on August 8, 2000, arguing that King's petition had been summarily denied on March 9, 2000, and that, therefore,…