Bennett v. State

Appellant, Lee Andrew Bennett, filed a petition in the Circuit Court of Tuscaloosa County for a writ of error coram nobis. The petition, after a hearing, was overruled and denied. Appellant duly appealed to this Court.

Appellant was represented in the trial court by court-appointed counsel, and is so represented in this Court. This appeal was submitted to this Court on briefs.

The appellant's first contention in his brief is that a pre-Boykin guilty plea and conviction must be voluntarily and understandingly obtained to be used under the Alabama Habitual Felony Offenders Act. Appellant's second…