Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, 1990

Cole v. State

Cole v. State
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals · Decided May 11, 1990 · Patterson
564 So. 2d 100; 1990 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 293; 1990 WL 93266 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Cole v. State

Opinion of the Court

ON REMAND FROM THE ALABAMA SUPREME COURT

PATTERSON, Judge.

This cause was remanded by our supreme court, 559 So.2d 576, for consideration in light of Harris v. Reed, 489 U.S. 255, 109 S.Ct. 1038, 103 L.Ed.2d 308 (1989).

The judgment of the circuit court denying appellant’s petition for post-conviction relief, filed pursuant to A.R.Crim.P.Temp. 20, is affirmed for the following reasons. Appellant’s grounds alleging that the sentence imposed for convictions for negotiating checks without sufficient funds and forgery exceeded the maximum authorized by law and that his guilty pleas entered to those charges were involuntary are procedurally barred, as they are precluded from consideration under A.R.Crim.P.Temp. 20.-2(a)(3), (5). The remaining argument alleging ineffective assistance of counsel lacks merit.

AFFIRMED.

All Judges concur.

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