State v. Hammond

OPINION

RILEY, Judge

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Appellant-Respondent, State of Indiana (State), appeals the trial court’s grant of Appellee-Petitioner’s, Willie Virginia Hammond (Hammond), Verified Petition for PosL-Conviction Relief.

We affirm.

ISSUE

The State raises one issue on appeal: whether the trial court erred in granting Hammond’s Verified Petition for Post-Conviction Relief in that Hammond had previously pled guilty to driving after having been adjudged an habitual traffic violator (HTV); Ind.Code § 9-30-10-16.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On March 16, 1997, Officer Kelly Browning of the…