Magouirk v. State

The appellant, Curtis M. Magouirk, filed a petition styled as a "motion for writ of habeas corpus" with the Jefferson Circuit Court, challenging his 1971 conviction in the Calhoun Circuit Court for murder. The petition, as near as we can discern, alleges that on the appellant's direct appeal from that conviction, there was no true and original copy of the record. Beginning in the 1970s, the appellant has filed a series of petitions of error coram nobis; Ala.R.Crim.P.Temp., Rule 20 petitions; Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petitions; and state and federal habeas corpus petitions — all attacking the…