Graham v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Appellant Graham was convicted of three counts of forgery, Ind.Code § 35-43-5-2 (Burns 1979) at the conclusion of a jury trial in the Sullivan County Circuit Court on September 9,1980. The jury then found Graham guilty of being an habitual offender, Ind.Code § 35-50-2-8 (Burns 1979 & Supp. 1981). He was sentenced to three concurrent five year terms for the forgery convictions, and to an additional thirty year term for being an habitual offender. This appeal followed challenging the legality of Appellant’s habitual offender conviction.

On September 28, 1976, Appellant pleaded…