Mancil v. State

The appellant, Jerry Lonzie Mancil, Jr., appeals the trial court's summary denial of his petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P.

The appellant was convicted of rape in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-6-61, Code of Alabama 1975, and was sentenced to life in the penitentiary. His appeal was dismissed by this Court in April 1994 as untimely filed.

The appellant raises several issues in his petition, and with the exception of the one addressed below, all could have been raised on direct appeal and are therefore precluded from appellate review under Rule…