Weaver v. State

Michael T. Weaver petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the legality of his 1999 criminal sentence. Weaver pled guilty to second degree murder, armed robbery, and unlawful possession of a firearm while engaged in a criminal offense. On December 13, 1999, the trial court sentenced Weaver to consecutive terms of life imprisonment for the second degree murder and armed robbery counts. Upon consideration of Weaver’s arguments in his petition for writ of habe-as corpus, we deny the petition and issue an order to show cause as described below.

Weaver has lodged in both the…