Hartzog v. State

The appellant, Wade Allen Hartzog, appeals from the circuit court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., in which he attacked his 1995 conviction for first-degree possession of marijuana. The appellant's conviction was affirmed by this Court in an unpublished memorandum. Hartzog v. State, 687 So.2d 225 (Ala.Cr.App. 1996) (table).

On August 27, 1997, the appellant filed the present Rule 32 petition, alleging (1) that his sentence was excessive; (2) that the trial judge made prejudicial statements that "tainted the fairness of the…