Coleman v. State

McMILLAN, Presiding Judge.

Darren Jerome Coleman appeals the circuit court’s summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief, in which he attacked his 1985 guilty-plea conviction for attempted rape in the first degree and his resulting sentence of life imprisonment. Coleman did not appeal his conviction and sentence.

Coleman filed the present petition on December 7, 2004, claiming that the sentence imposed exceeds the maximum authorized by law. More specifically, Coleman alleged that he was sentenced without any enhancements being applied, and, therefore, that…