Howard v. State

SHAW, Judge.

Joey Takashima Howard appeals the circuit court’s summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for postconviction relief, in which he attacked his April 2003 guilty-plea conviction for third-degree robbery and his resulting sentence, as a habitual felony offender, of 25 years’ imprisonment. Howard did not appeal from that conviction.

In his Rule 32 petition filed on July 13, 2004, Howard presented two arguments to the circuit court. The State filed a response, and the circuit court issued an order, summarily denying Howard’s Rule 32 petition. The circuit court’s order…