Alexander v. State

GRIMES, Judge.

On May 5, 1970, appellant was indicted for first degree murder. On May 28, 1970, an information was filed charging appellant with having committed robbery in a separate occurrence. On June 22, 1970, appellant appeared with counsel and entered pleas of guilty to both charges. He was adjudicated guilty on both charges and sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and fifteen years for robbery with the sentences to run consecutively.

While in prison several years later, appellant filed a petition for habeas corpus asserting that he had requested his court-appointed counsel to appeal…