Peterson v. State

In 1985 appellant Donnie Ray Peterson pleaded guilty to theft of property and burglary and was sentenced to consecutive terms of imprisonment of thirty and forty years. He further pleaded guilty to a second count of theft of property and battery in the second degree and was sentenced to concurrent terms of imprisonment of twenty and ten years imprisonment to be served consecutively to the sentences imposed for the aforementioned count of theft and the burglary conviction. In 1986 appellant filed a petition to correct sentence under Criminal Procedure Rule 37 and Act 431, which is now codified…