SHAW, Judge.
Clarence Leland Simmons appeals the circuit court's summary dismissal of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for postconviction relief, in which he attacked his capital-murder conviction and sentence of death.
In 1997, Simmons was convicted of murder made capital because it was committed during sexual abuse, see § 13A-5-40(a)(8), Ala.Code 1975. The jury recommended that Simmons be sentenced to death for his conviction; the trial court accepted...
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