Freeman v. Cowan

Geoffrey W Freeman (plaintiff) filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court of Randolph County. The petition contended that the United State Supreme Court’s decision in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 147 L. Ed. 2d 435, 120 S. Ct. 2348 (2000), rendered his sentences void. The court dismissed the petition upon the defendant’s motion. Plaintiff appeals, contending that the circuit court improperly dismissed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

Plaintiff was found guilty after a jury trial of armed robbery and first-degree murder and was sentenced…