Title: Ex parte R.W.F. PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS (In re: R.W.F. V.State of Alabama)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 1061667
State: Alabama
Issuer: Alabama Supreme Court
Date: November 9, 2007

rel:  11/09/2007
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SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA
OCTOBER TERM, 2007-2008
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1061667
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Ex parte R.W.F.
PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
TO THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
(In re:  R.W.F.
v.
State of Alabama)
(Jefferson Circuit Court, Bessemer Division, CC-05-1496
through CC-05-1507; Court of Criminal Appeals, CR-05-2356)
SMITH, Justice.
The pro se petitioner, R.W.F., petitions for certiorari
review of a decision of the Court of Criminal Appeals.  From
the limited materials submitted to this Court in connection
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with the certiorari petition, it appears that R.W.F., acting
through counsel, appealed his convictions for various counts
of 
first-degree 
sexual 
abuse, 
first-degree 
rape, 
and
first-degree sodomy to the Court of Criminal Appeals.  The
Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the convictions in an
unpublished memorandum.  R.W.F. v. State (No. CR-05-2356,
April 20, 2007), ___ So. 2d ___ (Ala. Crim. App. 2007)
(table).
In his petition for certiorari review, R.W.F. contends
that his appellate counsel effectively withdrew from the case
shortly before the deadline for filing this petition and
without giving him a copy of the unpublished memorandum issued
by the Court of Criminal Appeals.  He further contends that,
as a result of his appellate counsel's actions, it is
impossible for him to file a timely petition for the writ of
certiorari properly challenging the Court of Criminal Appeals'
decision.  He thus filed this petition, seeking various
relief, including directing his appellate counsel to furnish
him a copy of the Court of Criminal Appeals' memorandum.
After reviewing the petition and what is purported to be
a letter of R.W.F.'s appellate counsel attached to it, we
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conclude that any relief available to R.W.F. should be sought
in a petition filed in the appropriate court pursuant to Rule
32, Ala. R. Crim. P.  Therefore, we deny the petition. 
WRIT DENIED.
Cobb, C.J., and See, Woodall, and Parker, JJ., concur.