Lynch v. State

McMILLAN, Judge.

This appeal involves the denial of petitioner’s Rule 32, A.R.Cr.P., petition. The underlying conviction was for murder, in violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. The petitioner did not take a direct appeal.

The petitioner made the following allegations in his Rule 32 petition:

1. That he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel because his counsel:(a) failed to call expert witnesses;(b) failed to investigate the petitioner’s mental history;(c) failed to properly evaluate the petitioner’s competency to stand trial;(d) failed to investigate the State’s witnesses for…