Seay v. State

The appellant, James Allan Seay, appeals from the circuit court's dismissal of his petition for postconviction relief, filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., in which he attacked his 2000 convictions for one count of first-degree rape, a violation of § 13A-6-61, Ala. Code 1975, and one count of first-degree sodomy, a violation of § 13A-6-63, Ala. Code 1975.1 Seay was sentenced to two consecutive terms of 20 years' imprisonment. No direct appeals were taken from these convictions.

Seay filed this Rule 32 petition on February 19, 2002. In his petition, Seay argued (1) that he received…