Pickett v. State

BURKE, Judge.

Edward Charles Pickett pleaded guilty in November 2008 to one count of attempted rape in the first degree and to two counts of violating the “Community Notification of Released Convicted Sex Offenders Act,” also known as the “Community Notification Act,” § 15-20A-1, et seq., Ala. Code 1975, and was sentenced as a habitual offender to 30 years’ imprisonment on the attempted rape count and to 20 years’ imprisonment on each count of violating the CNA; the sentences were to run concurrently. Pickett did not file a direct appeal of his convictions.

On April 18, 2014, Pickett filed…