Casey v. State

Bruce Dewayne Casey appeals from the summary dismissal of his Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., postconviction petition attacking his 1983 guilty-plea conviction for attempted robbery in the first degree and the resulting sentence of life imprisonment, as a habitual offender.

Casey was originally indicted for robbery in the first degree, and on February 28, 1983, he pleaded guilty to attempted robbery in the first degree. He claims that the trial court had no jurisdiction to accept the plea because, he argues, the offense he was charged with and to which he pleaded guilty did not exist under Alabama…