Horn v. State

COBB, Judge.

On November 30, 1992, John Leslie Horn pleaded guilty to second-degree possession of a forged instrument. The trial court sentenced him to 15 years in prison. Horn did not appeal from the conviction or sentence.

On September 3, 2003, Horn filed a Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition. The State moved to dismiss the petition, and, on May 18, 2004, the circuit court summarily denied the petition in a detailed written order. This appeal followed.

In his petition, Horn claimed that the trial court was without jurisdiction to sentence him and that his sentence exceeded the maximum allowable…