Starks v. State

BOOKOUT, Judge.

Possession of heroin; guilty plea; sentence : ten years imprisonment.

The record in this case showed that the appellant entered a plea of guilty to the charge of possession of heroin and requested probation, by executing a form referred to as Exhibit A, commonly known in this state as an Ireland form. (Ireland v. State, 47 Ala.App. 65, 250 So.2d 602).

Such form, among other things, informed the appellant: (1) that he was charged with the crime of possession of heroin, a felony; (2) the range of punishment; (3) that he had a right not to be compelled to give evidence against…