This division shall apply to all criminal cases tried in the courts of the State of Alabama where a direct appeal to the Supreme Court or Court of Criminal Appeals is provided by law, also to all related or collateral proceedings, including habeas corpus and coram nobis proceedings, involving the life, liberty or property of a person convicted of a criminal offense where an appeal is provided to the Supreme Court or Court of Criminal Appeals.
Ala. Code § 12-22-191 (1975)