Stanley v. State

OPINION

BAILEY, Judge.

Case Summary

In this belated appeal, Appellant-Defendant Joshua P. Stanley (“Stanley”) appeals the trial court’s determination that he is a habitual offender — a determination that resulted in the imposition of a fifteen-year sentencing enhancement. Because Stanley’s appeal follows a guilty plea and an admission of being a habitual offender, we dismiss without prejudice to his right to raise the issue in a subsequent post-conviction proceeding.

Issue

Stanley raises one issue, which we restate as whether his belated appeal, the crux of which concerns the sufficiency of the…