Ash v. State

Andre Levon Ash appeals the circuit court's summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition, in which he challenged a 1996 conviction for robbery in the first degree, and his subsequent sentence of 25 years' imprisonment. Ash's conviction was affirmed by this Court in an unpublished memorandum. Ash v. State, (CR-95-1037, October 29, 1996)698 So.2d 799 (Ala.Cr.App. 1996) (table.) We take judicial notice of the record on direct appeal.

Ash contends that the trial court was without jurisdiction to render the judgment or to impose sentence because, he says, the trial court effectively…