Court Opinion

ID: 4874472
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-08-26 03:04:54.738272+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:12:25.956197
License: Public Domain

KELLUM, Judge,
concurring specially.
I write specially to note that this action appears to be James White’s sixth Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition challenging his 1986 conviction for first-degree sodomy and his resulting sentence of life imprisonment. I believe that allowing White 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 White and other similarly situated inmates. See Ex parte Thompson, 38 So.3d 119 (Ala.Crim.App.2009).