Legal Opinion

State v. Kerley

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided December 15, 2017No. CR–16–0740Published

1Opinion of the Court

KELLUM, Judge.

The State of Alabama appeals the circuit court's order granting Frank M. Kerley's Rule 32, Ala. R. Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief on one of the claims in Kerley's petition. Kerley cross-appeals the circuit court's denial of the other two claims raised in his petition.

Facts and Procedural History

In 2014, Kerley was convicted of one count of first-degree sexual abuse of M.L. and one count of first-degree sexual abuse of J.H. See § 13A-6-66(a)(1), Ala. Code 1975. The trial court sentenced Kerley to five years' imprisonment for each conviction. This Court affirmed…

2Cases cited53 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Harrington v. RichterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
  3. David Ronald Chandler v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2000
  4. Eurus Kelly Waters v. Albert G. Thomas, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification CenterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1995
  5. People v. JonesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1990

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