91 So. 3d 756 - Patrick v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. ““In the instant case, Patrick asserted in his Rule 32 petition that the doctrine of equitable tolling should apply in his ease. Patrick alleged that his appellate counsel, Pennington, had advised him that he would file a Rule 32 petition on Patrick’s behalf in the Washington Circuit Court and that he would send Patrick a copy of the Rule 32 petition once it had been filed. Patrick alleged that he never received a copy of. the Rule 32 petition. Patrick stated that he tried, to no avail, to contact Pennington to inquire about the status of his Rule 32 petition. Patrick further represented that his wife, who attempted to contact Pennington after her husband’s failed attempts, was able to contact Pennington only to be falsely informed that a Rule 32 petition had been filed on Patrick’s behalf. Patrick alleged that after he did not receive a copy of the Rule 32 petition as requested, he and his wife attempted to contact Pennington using various forms of communication. Finally, Patrick’s wife contacted the Washington Circuit Court clerk’s office and learned that no Rule 32 petition had been filed on Patrick’s behalf. Patrick subsequently filed a formal complaint with [the] Alabama State Bar. The State Bar concluded in a letter attached as an exhibit to Patrick’s Rule 32 petition that formal charges should be filed against Pennington. “The facts as alleged by Patrick in his Rule 32 petition and ‘Motion for Enlargement’ demonstrate ‘extraordinary circumstances justifying the applicat”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ward v. State