State v. Patton

WHICHARD, Justice.

Defendant was charged with five counts of forgery, five counts of uttering forged paper, one count of conspiracy to commit forgery, one count of conspiracy to commit uttering forged paper, and one count of habitual felon status. In June 1992 he was convicted by a jury of all twelve substantive felonies and was subsequently convicted of being an habitual felon based on previous convictions of second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The trial court consolidated the charges and sentenced defendant to six consecutive life…