Madden v. State

On Return to Remand

On March 18, 2005, Joseph Wayne Madden appealed the circuit court's denial of his Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition. We remanded the case by order for the trial court to supplement the record on appeal with a number of omitted items. On September 30, 2005, the trial court filed its return, which contained the requested information.

In his Rule 32 petition, Madden challenged a 1983 guilty-plea conviction for three counts of receiving stolen property in the first degree. Madden contended that all three of the indictments were void because they did not allege that he…