Ex Parte Ward

LYONS, Justice.

John Michael Ward petitioned this Court for a writ of certiorari to review whether the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in affirming the Baldwin Circuit Court’s summary denial of his Rule 82, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition for postconviction relief. We issued the writ of certiorari to review whether the doctrine of equitable tolling we adopted in Ward’s earlier appeal of the dismissal of his Rule 32 petition is applicable to him. For the reasons discussed below, we hold that Ward should be allowed to benefit from the doctrine of equitable tolling, and we reverse the judgment of the…