Robinson v. State

JAMES H. FAULKNER, Retired Justice.

Earl Foster Robinson appeals from the denial of his petition for postconviction relief in which he alleges that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance based upon his statement to Robinson during guilty plea negotiations that the maximum sentence Robinson could receive was life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

The record reveals that Robinson was indicted for trafficking in cocaine, which under § 13A-12-231, Code of Alabama 1975, is a Class A felony, and for possession of marijuana in the first degree, which is a Class C felony under…