Fearson v. State

Kendrick Fearson appeals from his convictions for unlawfully breaking and entering a vehicle (four counts) and for first degree robbery, entered on his pleas of guilty. He was sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment for each conviction for unlawfully breaking and entering a vehicle and to 13 years' imprisonment for the robbery conviction, all sentences to run concurrently.

Fearson asserts on appeal that his pleas were not intelligent, knowing, and voluntary because, he says, neither his attorney nor the trial court advised him that, because first degree robbery is a Class A felony, he would be…