Charlie Stith v. State of Alabama.

On Return to Remand *

WELCH, Presiding Judge.

Charlie Stith appeals from the circuit court’s summary dismissal of what appears to be his first Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief challenging his October 10, 2008, guilty plea and *287concomitant conviction for first-degree sodomy, a violation of § 13A-6-63, Ala. Code 1975, which is a Class A felony, and his sentence of imprisonment for 10 years. Stith did not file a direct appeal. Stith’s Rule 32 petition was deemed filed on September 14, 2009.

In his petition, Stith claimed that his trial counsel was ineffective in rendering…