Lewter v. State

TYSON, Judge.

William Lewter filed a petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in the circuit court seeking to attack a conviction for “possession of a pistol” obtained in said circuit court on April 29, 1980, based upon a plea of guilty for felony possession of a pistol after having been convicted of a crime of violence as defined in § 13-6-152, Code of Alabama 1975. The habeas corpus petition also challenges the original conviction also obtained in the Circuit Court of Morgan County on March 5, 1947, wherein William Lewter entered a plea of guilty to a charge of grand larceny.

Following a hearing,…