Williams v. State

PATTERSON, Judge.

Appellant George Wayne Williams appeals the circuit court’s summary denial of his pro se petition for writ of error coram nobis. This petition attacks the validity of appellant’s 1981 conviction of robbery in the second degree, for which he was sentenced as a habitual offender to life imprisonment. Appellant was sentenced as a habitual offender due to three prior convictions in Montgomery County in 1974. It is argued that appellant was not represented by counsel in cases numbered 9871 and 9872 and therefore that these prior convictions cannot be used to enhance his sentence.

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