Ex parte Carter

OPINION

in which Keller, P.J., and Hervey, and Yeary, JJ., joined and Newell, J., joined in part.

In these habeas corpus applications, Roger Carter asserts the trial judge improperly cumulated, or “stacked,” his burglary sentence and credit-card-abuse sentences. We filed and set Carter’s applications to address whether his claims are cognizable in a habeas corpus proceeding. Because Carter could have appealed his bare statutory violation and record-based claims, we conclude they are not cognizable and deny Carter’s applications.

I,

In two separate indictments, Carter was charged with burglary of…