McHarris v. State

Oct 13, 1989
5 Div. 617
Reporters:
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Before:
Bowen
BOWEN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the denial of a petition for post-conviction ‍‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‍relief. The petitioner challenges his 1982 conviction for first degree robbery. That conviction was affirmed on direct appeal, with an opinion. McHarris v. State, 434 So.2d 874 (Ala.Cr.App.1983).

In McHarris ‍‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‍v. State, 467 So.2d 972 (Ala.Cr.App.1985) (no opinion), this Court affirmed the denial of the petitioner’s first petition for post-conviction relief.

In his second petition, McHarris has failed ‍‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‍to demonstrate that “good cause exists why the new ground or grounds were not known or could not have been ascertained through reasonable diligence ‍‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‍when the first petition was heard, and that failure to entertain the petition will result in a miscarriage of justice,” as required by Rule 20.2(b), ‍‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‍A.R.Cr.P.Temp.

The judgment of the circuit court denying the petition is affirmed.

AFFIRMED.

All Judges concur.