Ex Parte Coleman

SMITH, Justice.

William C. Coleman pleaded guilty to first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy, and two counts of first-degree sexual abuse. Coleman then filed a petition for postcon-viction relief pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., alleging ineffective assistance of counsel; the circuit court summarily dismissed Coleman’s Rule 32 petition. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the circuit court’s summary dismissal of Coleman’s petition. Coleman v. State (No. CR-09-0088, Feb. 19, 2010), — So.3d - (Ala.Crim.App.2010) (table). We granted Coleman’s petition for the writ of certiorari. We now…