Taylor v. State

COBB, Judge.

On January 11, 2002, Bobby Taylor pleaded guilty to first-degree theft of property and second-degree burglary, violations of §§ 13A-8-3(a) and 13A-7-6(a)(l), Ala.Code 1975, respectively. Taylor pleaded guilty to those charges on information, rather than indictments. Taylor’s pleas were “blind pleas” — they were entered without any agreement with the prosecution regarding a sentencing recommendation. The trial court sentenced him, as a habitual offender, to 20 years’ in prison in each case. See § 13A-5-9(b)(2), Ala.Code 1975. Those sentences were to run concurrently to each other…