Craig v. State

The appellant, Raymond Craig, appeals from the circuit court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief pursuant to A.R.Cr.P. 32. In this petition, Craig contested the validity of his 1986 conviction for first degree theft of property, pursuant to his plea of guilty, and his resulting sentence of 20 years' imprisonment as an habitual offender.

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On appeal, Craig alleges that he was erroneously informed of the potential minimum and maximum sentences under the Habitual Felony Offender Act, Code of Alabama 1975, § 13A-5-9, and thus that his guilty plea was not voluntarily entered with an…