Bishop v. State

The appellant, James Charles Bishop, Jr., appeals from the denial of his motion to reconsider his sentence, made pursuant to § 13A-5-9.1, Ala. Code 1975. In April 1982, Bishop was convicted of attempted murder and was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Based upon a review of the record, it appears that Bishop filed his first motion for reconsideration in the circuit court sometime prior to March 2006, alleging that his sentence should be reevaluated pursuant to § 13A-5-9, as modified by § 13A-5-9.1, and pursuant to the Supreme…