Hatfield v. State

WINDOM, Judge.

Jeffery Hatfield challenges his guilty-plea convictions for first-degree rape, a violation of § 13A-6-61(a)(l), Ala.Code 1975, and first-degree burglary, a violation of § 13A-7-5, Ala.Code 1975, and his resulting sentences as an habitual offender to consecutive terms of life in prison. See Ala.Code 1975, § 13A-5-9(a)(3). On November 14, 2006, Hatfield filed a pro se “Motion to Withdraw the Plea of Guilty,” in which he argued, among other things, that he should be allowed to withdraw his guilty pleas because “the penalty or penalties” and “the plea of guilty” were never explained…