Teat v. State

This is an appeal from the dismissal of a Rule 32, A.R.Crim.P., petition. Hugh Walter Teat originally pleaded guilty to the offenses of robbery in the second degree and assault in the first degree, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment on each plea. Teat appealed his convictions to this court, and his appeal was dismissed without an opinion on December 28, 1990. No application for rehearing was made.

On April 15, 1991, Teat filed a Rule 32, A.R.Crim.P., petition with the Circuit Court of St. Clair County attacking his two guilty plea convictions alleging that he received ineffective…