Martin v. State

BOWEN, Judge.

The appellant, Warren Martin, pleaded guilty and was convicted of leaving the scene of an accident with injury in violation of Aa.Code 1975, § 32-10-1. He was sentenced as a habitual felony offender to 15 years’ imprisonment. On this appeal from that conviction he argues that the Habitual Felony Offender Act does not apply to the offenses defined in Title 32.

Aabama’s Habitual Felony Offender Act (“HFOA”) is codified in Aa.Code 1975, §§ 13A-5-9 and -10. Section 13A-5-l(a) provides that “[ejvery person convicted of any offense defined in this title, or defined outside this title,…