Patterson v. State

McMILLAN, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Michael Ray Patterson, filed a Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition, attacking his guilty-plea conviction for first-degree burglary and his sentence of 10 years’ imprisonment. He did not appeal his conviction.

In his petition, Patterson argued that his guilty plea was not knowingly and voluntarily entered and that he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel. He predicated these two claims primarily on his allegation that trial counsel erroneously advised him that he would be eligible to earn incentive good time (“IGT”) credit if he pleaded…