Glover v. State

The appellant was convicted of the fraudulent use of credit cards and was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment and ordered to pay $500 in restitution. He filed a Rule 20, Temp.Ala.R.Cr.P. petition, claiming that the trial court incorrectly admitted evidence of his prior convictions at his sentencing hearing, because the State failed to give notice of its intention to proceed under the Habitual Felony Offender Act. As a second ground, he alleged that his trial counsel failed to investigate the prior convictions to determine whether the pleas were voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently…