Hawkins v. State

GETTY, Judge.

On March 1, 1983, Paul Eugene Hawkins, Jr., appellant, was convicted in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County of robbery with a dangerous weapon. Prior to sentencing the State filed notice of its intention to seek imposition of a mandatory sentence under Article 27, Section 643B of the Annotated Code. The trial court, pursuant to the statute, sentenced appellant to a term of twenty-five years imprisonment without possibility of parole.1 This appeal followed.

Appellant alleges that he is ineligible to receive an enhanced sentence, because his two prior convictions for daytime…