SWAIN v. STATE

7 Div. 535.

485 So.2d 1252 (1986)

Lena SWAIN v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

March 11, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack W. Hughes, Anniston, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Victor Jackson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


McMILLAN, Judge.

This appeal follows a conviction, pursuant to a guilty plea, for the offense of theft of property in the second degree, in violation of § 13A-8-4, Code of Alabama (1975). The appellant was sentenced to a term of ten years' imprisonment as a habitual offender. Because the trial court did not correctly inform the appellant of the permissible range of punishment prior to the acceptance of the plea, we reverse and remand.

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