Roberts v. State

The issue upon which the majority reverses the circuit court’s denial of Barbara Ann Roberts’s Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition — that counsel who represented Roberts on direct appeal and during the Rule 32 proceedings suffered from a conflict of interest — is not jurisdictional and has not been raised on appeal. Cf. Slaton v. State, 902 So.2d 102, 108 (Ala.Crim.App.2003) (allegations of a conflict of interest are nonjurisdictional and waivable); Morales v. Bridgforth, 136 N.M. 511, 514, 100 P.3d 668, 671 (2004). Accordingly, this *1144issue is not properly before this Court for review. Cf.…