Robey v. State

William Keith Robey appeals the circuit court's summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for postconviction relief, in which he attacked his January 22, 1991, conviction, entered pursuant to a guilty plea, for unlawful possession of a controlled substance and his resulting sentence of one year and one day in prison. Robey stated in his petition that he did not appeal.

Robey filed his Rule 32 petition on January 12, 2006. In his petition, Robey alleged that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to accept his plea because, he said, the trial court never informed him of his right to…