Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals, 2011

Boyd v. State

Boyd v. State
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals · Decided December 16, 2011 · Joiner, Kellum, Welch
90 So. 3d 785; 2011 WL 6278767; 2011 Ala. Crim. App. LEXIS 113 (Southern Reporter, Third Series)

Boyd v. State

Opinion of the Court

WELCH, Presiding Judge.

AFFIRMED BY UNPUBLISHED MEMORANDUM.

JOINER, J., concurs. KELLUM, J., concurs specially, with opinion.

Concurring Opinion

KELLUM, Judge,

concurring specially.

I write specially to note that this action appears to be Courtney James Boyd’s tenth Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition challenging his 1999 conviction for first-degree robbery and his resulting sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment. I believe that allowing Boyd to file multiple petitions for postconviction relief in which his claims are either precluded or without merit wastes scarce judicial resources. Therefore, I would encourage the circuit court to consider adopting sanctions like those proposed in Peoples v. State, 531 So.2d 323 (Ala.Crim.App. 1988), and Procup v. Strickland, 792 F.2d 1069 (11th Cir. 1986), to prevent future frivolous litigation on the part of Boyd and other similarly situated inmates. See Ex parte Thompson, 38 So.3d 119 (Ala.Crim.App. 2009).

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