Coleman v. State

The appellant, Charles Edwin Coleman, filed three A.R.Crim.P.Temp. 20 petitions contesting the validity of his sentences (which had been enhanced under the Habitual Felony Offender Act by two prior felony convictions) for a 1983 conviction for second degree forgery (23 years); a 1983 conviction for possession of a forged instrument (23 years); and 1982 convictions for third degree robbery and first degree receiving stolen property (15 years). Prior to the filing of these petitions, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals granted Coleman's petition for writ of habeas corpus as to those two…