Duncan v. State

Lyle Brown, Justice.

In early 1972 appellant was convicted of burglary and grand larceny in White County was given 25 years on each count. He was sentenced under our habitual criminal statute as a fourth offender. The matter now before us is based on a Rule I petition. First, appellant contends that the prior offenses should not have been introduced against him because he had ineffective assistance of counsel. Secondly, he insists that he received a pardon from one of those prior convictions and therefore it was error to use that conviction against him.

We find no merit in appellant’s…