Flanagan v. State

Eckford Lee Flanagan was convicted in July 1986 for the offenses of rape in the first degree and sodomy in the first degree and was sentenced to 30 years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. Flanagan appealed his convictions to this court, which were affirmed by opinion published at 533 So.2d 637 (Ala.Crim.App. 1987), cert. quashed, (Ala. 1988). Flanagan filed a Rule 20, A.R.Crim.P.Temp., petition with the Circuit Court of Morgan County, alleging (1) that his convictions violated the privilege against self-incrimination because he was not advised by his trial counsel or the trial judge of his…