Legal Opinion

Pitts v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided September 26, 1997No. CR-96-1814Published

1Opinion of the Court

BROWN, Judge.

The appellant, James Pitts, appeals from the trial court’s summary denial of his peti*241tion for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., in which he attacked his 1987 conviction for robbery in the first degree. He was sentenced, as a habitual felony offender, to life imprisonment without parole. On direct appeal, this Court affirmed the trial court’s judgment without an opinion on March 17,1989. The Alabama Supreme Court dismissed the appellant’s petition for certiorari review on June 23, 1989.

The record shows that on September 5, 1989, the appellant filed a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ex Parte BoatwrightSupreme Court of Alabama · 1985
  2. Rolling v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1995
  3. Nathan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1995
  4. Teat v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1991

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