Ex Parte King

797 So.2d 1191 (2001)

Ex parte James Lorenzo KING.

(Re James Lorenza King v. State).

1991861.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

March 2, 2001.

W. Casey Duncan, Birmingham, for petitioner.

Bill Pryor, atty. gen., and Yvonne A.H. Saxon, asst. atty. gen., for respondent.

JOHNSTONE, Justice.

On March 2, 1999, James Lorenzo King[1] was convicted of first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy, violations of §§ 13A-6-61 and 13A-6-63, Ala.Code 1975. The trial court sentenced him, as a habitual felony offender, to life without parole on both counts. See § 13A-5-9(c)(3), Ala. Code 1975. King appealed. The Court of…