McCary v. State

KELLUM, Judge.

Jason Douglas McCary appeals the circuit court’s summary dismissal of his petition for postconviction relief, filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., in which he attacked his October 1, 2009, guilty-plea *1004conviction for sodomy in the first degree and his resulting sentence, as a habitual felony offender, of life imprisonment. No direct appeal was taken from McCary’s guilty-plea conviction.

McCary timely filed this, his first, Rule 32 petition on September 24, 2010. In his petition, McCary alleged that his guilty plea was involuntary because, he said, he was never informed that…