Fox v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. ““We note that, in his brief on appeal, Fox argues that the circuit court did not rule on this claim, which was presented in the amendment to his petition. We disagree. Fox filed his amendment timely, some two months before the circuit court denied his petition, and there is no indication in the record that the circuit court did not accept the amendment. In denying Fox’s petition, the circuit court merely noted on the case-action summary that the petition was “without merit.’ (C. 44.) We construe this ruling to encompass both the claim asserted in Fox’s petition and the claim asserted in his amendment. We also note that, although the circuit court did not apply Rule 32.2(b) to this claim, the State pleaded Rule 32.2(b) in its response to Fox’s petition. Therefore, this Court may apply Rule 32.2(b) to this claim under the Alabama Supreme Court’s opinion in Ex parte Clemons, 55 So.3d 348 (Ala.2007).””

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