Norris v. State

579 So.2d 34 (1991)

Ben Dobbs NORRIS

v.

STATE.

CR 89-1413.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

January 18, 1991.

On Return to Remand March 15, 1991.

Ben Dobbs Norris, pro se.

Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen., and P. David Bjurberg, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the State.

FAULKNER, Retired Justice.

Ben Dobbs Norris appeals pro se from a denial of a Rule 20, A.R.Cr.P.Temp., petition. He alleges that his guilty plea to theft was not intelligently and knowingly given.

The record is unclear as to whether Norris pleaded guilty to theft in the first degree or to theft in the second degree. In one place, the record shows…