People v. Thomas

The defendant, William L.B. Thomas, appeals the denial, by the circuit court of Marion County, of his petition for postconviction relief. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the order of the circuit court.

The gist of the defendant’s claim is that when he pled guilty on November 8, 2005, to the offenses of unlawful possession with the intent to deliver a controlled substance (count I) and aggravated battery (count II), in exchange for concurrent sentences of seven years and five years, respectively, in the Department of Corrections, the defendant, who at the time was serving a term of…