Ex Parte Randle

* This opinion was originally published at 510 So.2d 843. It is published here as corrected.

The appellant, David Randle, an inmate of the Alabama prison system, was convicted of first degree escape on July 26, 1984, and sentenced to life imprisonment under the Habitual Offender Act. The conviction was affirmed by the Court of Criminal Appeals on May 27, 1986, and Randle filed an application for a rehearing. The Court of Criminal Appeals then remanded the case to the Circuit Court of Elmore County because of improper sentencing. 554 So.2d 1124. Randle's principal argument is that the Court of…