Crayton v. State

Cardell Crayton appeals the circuit court's summary denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for postconviction relief, in which he attacked his November 2001 guilty-plea convictions for one count of attempted murder, one count of robbery in the first degree, and one count of theft of property in the third degree, and his resulting sentences of 25 years' imprisonment each for the attempted-murder and robbery convictions, and 12 months' imprisonment for the theft conviction.1 Crayton did not appeal.

Crayton filed his petition on July 7, 2005. In his petition, Crayton alleged that his…