Wallen v. State

OPINION

REID, Chief Justice.

This ease presents an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming the trial court's denial of a petition for post-conviction relief. The record supports the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals.

In 1975, the petitioner Rickie J. Wallen entered pleas of guilty to 17 charges of forgery, on which he was sentenced to serve 3 to 15 years in the State penitentiary. The effect of these convictions, which later were set aside, on sentences imposed on subsequent convictions, is the basis of the petitioner’s claim for relief.

After serving a portion…