Edwards v. State

LEIGH M. CLARK, Retired Circuit Judge.

A jury found defendant (appellant) guilty of burglary in the third degree as defined by § 13A-7-7 of the Alabama Criminal Code, effective January 1, 1980, now codified as Title 13 of Code of Alabama 1975. After acceptance of the verdict, notice was given by the State that it would then proceed against defendant under the Habitual Felony Offenders Act, Code 1975, § 13A — 5-9, and the court set a sentencing hearing within a reasonable time thereafter, at which defendant appeared and was attended by his attorney. Evidence was presented of previous felony…