State v. Montgomery

|, On April 1, 2013, the State fííed a habitual offender bill of information seeking to have Kenneth Wayne Montgomery (Defendant) adjudicated a second felony offender. On the same date, Defendant pleaded not guilty. A habitual offender hearing was held on July 26, 2013. The trial court adjudicated Defendant a second felony offender on two counts of distribution of cocaine, and sentenced him to serve thirty years at hard labor on each count with the sentences to run concurrently.

Defendant filed an application for post-conviction relief on September 12, 2013, seeking an out-of-time appeal,…