Burl v. State

D'Rille Burl appeals the circuit court's summary denial of what he styled as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, in which he sought reconsideration of his sentence of life imprisonment imposed pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act ("the HFOA") for his conviction for the unlawful distribution of a controlled substance.

Burl filed his petition on April 25, 2003. In his petition, Burl alleged that he had been convicted of the unlawful distribution of a controlled substance and had been sentenced to life imprisonment pursuant to the HFOA; that he was a nonviolent offender with no…