Ervin v. State

OPINION

ROBERTSON, Judge.

Wendell Ervin appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his convictions, entered pursuant to a guilty plea, of Rape, Burglary, and Robbery, for which he received the statutory, maximum sentence of forty-eight (48) years. Ervin attacks the propriety of the trial court’s imposition of the maximum sentence. We affirm.

FACTS

The facts in the light most favorable to the post-conviction court’s judgment reveal that, during a single criminal episode, Ervin broke into his aunt’s house, raped her, and robbed her. Ervin pled guilty, and the State agreed…