Dorsie Northard v. State of Alabama

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Rel: 12/17/2010 Notice: T h i s o p i n i o n i s s u b j e c t t o formal r e v i s i o n b e f o r e p u b l i c a t i o n i n t h e advance s h e e t s o f Southern R e p o r t e r . R e a d e r s a r e r e q u e s t e d t o n o t i f y t h e R e p o r t e r o f D e c i s i o n s , Alabama A p p e l l a t e C o u r t s , 300 D e x t e r A v e n u e , M o n t g o m e r y , A l a b a m a 3 6 1 0 4 - 3 7 4 1 ((334) 2 2 9 - 0 6 4 9 ) , o f a n y t y p o g r a p h i c a l o r o t h e r e r r o r s , i n o r d e r t h a t c o r r e c t i o n s may be made b e f o r e t h e o p i n i o n i s p r i n t e d i n Southern R e p o r t e r . ALABAMA COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OCTOBER TERM, 2010-2011 CR-09-1645 Dorsie Northard v. S t a t e o f Alabama Appeal WELCH, from St. C l a i r C i r c u i t (CC-83-86.92) Court Judge. AFFIRMED Windom specially, BY U N P U B L I S H E D MEMORANDUM. and with Main, J J . ,concur. opinion. Kellum, J . , concurs CR-09-1645 KELLUM, J u d g e , I Dorsie write concurring specially Northard's specially. t o note 12th Rule that this action 3 2 , A l a . R. Crim. appears P., petition c h a l l e n g i n g h i s 1984 g u i l t y - p l e a c o n v i c t i o n f o r c a p i t a l and h i s sentence of parole. petitions either to l i f e I believe imprisonment that allowing for postconviction precluded resources. or Therefore, State, 531 S o . 2 d 323 Strickland, frivolous merit I would encourage similarly 119 situated (Ala. Crim. on scarce judicial the c i r c u i t court to App. 1988), (11th C i r . 1986), the inmates. App. wastes part of i n Peoples v. and Procup v. to prevent Northard See Ex p a r t e Thompson, 2009). 2 multiple h i s claims are those proposed ( A l a .Crim. 792 F . 2 d 1 0 6 9 litigation i n which without consider adopting sanctions like murder without the p o s s i b i l i t y Northard to f i l e relief t o be and future other 38 S o . 3 d

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