Ashford v. State

Jerry Ashford appeals from the denial of this, at least his sixth, if not seventh,1 motion to reconsider his sentence, made pursuant to § 13A-5-9.1, Ala.Code 1975. On August 27, 1992, Ashford was convicted of robbery in the first degree and was sentenced as a habitual offender to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. In November 2007, Ashford filed the instant motion for sentence reconsideration, alleging that, because, he said, he was not a violent offender, his sentence should be reevaluated pursuant to § 13A-5-9.1, Ala.Code 1975, and the Supreme Court’s holding in Kirby v.…