Richards v. State

DeBRULER, Justice.

The petitioner-appellant, Charles Richards Jr., is before this Court appealing from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. He pled guilty to two counts of robbery, class B felonies, Ind.Code § 85-42-5-1. He received two fifteen year sentences, to run concurrently.

Appellant raises one issue on appeal: (1) whether the trial court erred when it failed to advise him of any possible increased sentence because of prior convictions.

These are the facts relevant to the issue. On March 7, 1980, appellant pled guilty to two counts of class B robbery. The trial court in…