Lamb v. State

On Remand from the Alabama Supreme Court

James Beauford Lamb, Jr., appealed the circuit court’s summary dismissal of his petition for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P. Lamb’s petition challenged his convictions for first-degree rape and first-degree sexual abuse and his resulting sentences of 20 years’ imprisonment on the rape conviction and 10 years’ imprisonment on the sexual-abuse conviction. This Court affirmed the circuit court’s judgment. Lamb v. State, 113 So.3d 677 (Ala.Crim.App.2010). Lamb then petitioned the Alabama Supreme Court for certiorari review.…