Edwards v. State

The appellant, Billy Joe Edwards, appeals from the circuit court's denial of his Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petition for post-conviction relief, in which he attacked his 1989 guilty plea conviction for assault in the first degree and his resulting sentence of 20 years' imprisonment.

The appellant was indicted for murder on January 25, 1989. On December 4, 1989, pursuant to a plea agreement with the state, the appellant pleaded guilty to assault in the first degree. Thereafter, he was sentenced, as a habitual offender, to 20 years in prison. At the time the appellant's guilty plea was taken, the…