On August 24, 2001, the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed Cole's convictions, in an unpublished memorandum. Cole v. State, (No. CR-00-1103) 837 So.2d 890 (Ala.Crim.App. 2001) (table). We granted certiorari review to determine whether the Court of Criminal Appeals erred in holding that Cole had waived his claim that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to accept his plea of guilty to second-degree robbery.
This Court affirmed that conviction on direct appeal by an unpublished memorandum issued on August 24, 2001; the certificate of judgment was issued on July 16, 2002. Cole v. State (No. CR-00-1103), 837 So.2d 890 (Ala.Crim.App. 2001)(table). This Court affirmed the denial of his first Rule 32 petition by an unpublished memorandum on October 24, 2003.
Snavely, 785 So.2d at 1168. In an unpublished memorandum, Hicks v. State, (No. CR-00-1144) 837 So.2d 890 (Ala.Crim.App. 2001) (table), this Court addressed this issue: "Section 32-5A-195(h), Ala. Code 1975, provides, in pertinent part: `Every court having jurisdiction over offenses committed under this article or any other law of this state . . . regulating the operation of motor vehicles on highways, shall forward to the Director of Public Safety within 10 days a record of the conviction of any person in said court for a violation of any said laws.' The ticket and record of conviction in the hand of DPS is a public record.