Mattatall v. State

OPINION

Justice ROBINSON

for the Court.

The applicant, Stephen Mattatall, appeals to this Court from the denial of his application for postconviction relief. On appeal, the applicant contends: (1) that the hearing justice erred in declining to recuse himself with respect to Mr. Mattatall’s application for postconviction relief; and (2) that the Alford 1 plea made by applicant in 1979 when faced with a reckless driving charge was not made knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily, and therefore should not have been used as a predicate for sentencing the applicant under the habitual offender…