Esters v. State

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Kenneth Darnell Esters appeals from the circuit court's denial of his petition filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., in which he sought an out-of-time appeal of his convictions in 2001 for attempted murder and first-degree robbery. See Rule 32.1(f). In his petition, he claimed that his failure to appeal within the prescribed time was not due to any fault on his part, but was due to the ineffective assistance of his counsel. He asserted that neither his two…