Ex parte Robert Gill.

I would grant inmate Robert Gill’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Criminal Appeals’ affirmance of the trial court’s denial of Gill’s motion for sentence reconsideration filed pursuant to § 13A-5-9.1, Ala.Code 1975. Gill v. State (No. CR-12-1972, Feb. 7, 2014), — So.3d — (Ala.Crim.App.2014) (table). Therefore, I dissent from the denial of his petition. I believe that Gill’s case is representative of a systemic problem associated with the Habitual Felony Offender Act, § 13A-5-9, Ala.Code 1975 (“the HFOA”).

Gill was convicted of first-degree robbery, a Class A felony,…