Goswick v. State

McMILLAN, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Robert William Goswick, filed a Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition, attacking his guilty-plea conviction for first-degree burglary and his resulting sentence of 20 years’ imprisonment. Goswick did not appeal his conviction.

In his Rule 32 petition, Goswick argued that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to accept his guilty plea because, he said, the indictment did not charge the offense of first-degree burglary. Goswick bases this claim on the use of the word “building,” rather than “dwelling,” in the indictment. Without requiring a response from the…