Legal Opinion

Holt v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Decided August 27, 2004No. CR-03-1010PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

McMILLAN, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Donald Holt, pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree robbery; he was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment for each conviction. He did not appeal his convictions.

Holt has now filed a Rule 32, Ala. R.Crim. P., petition, alleging that his trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance and that his guilty pleas were not knowingly and voluntarily entered. He predicated those claims on his contention that trial counsel erroneously advised him that he would be eligible to receive credit for incentive good time (“IGT”) if he pleaded guilty to these charges.…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Patterson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2003

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Charlie Stith v. State of Alabama.Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2011

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