Philyaw v. Kelley

|,Appellant Charles Philyaw appeals from the order of the Pulaski County Circuit Court denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. He asserts that the circuit court erred in denying his petition based on his claims that (1) the trial court lacked jurisdiction to impose a sentence of life imprisonment based on a separate, uncharged offense of attempted capital murder; (2) the trial court lacked jurisdiction to sentence him to a term of life imprisonment when the State had waived life as a possible punishment in the charging information; and (3) his sentence to life imprisonment was in…