Syms v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

On September 24, 1996, Leroy Syms, while represented by legal counsel, pled guilty to eight counts of forgery, nine counts of theft by receiving stolen checks and one count of financial transaction card theft. The trial court sentenced Syms to ten-year concurrent terms on each forgery count, twelve months on each theft by receiving stolen checks, and three years on the financial transaction card theft. On December 23, 1996, the trial court denied Syms’ pro se Motion for Modification of Sentence.1 On April 14, 1997, Syms filed a pro se Motion to Correct Void and Illegal Sentence.…