Gardner v. Hobbs (Per Curiam)
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After a jury trial, Appellant was found guilty of capital murder and aggravated robbery and was sentenced to an aggregate term of life imprisonment without parole. Appellant later filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, bringing claims pertaining to double jeopardy, sufficiency of the evidence, ineffective assistance of counsel, and his actual innocence. The circuit court denied the habeas petition. Appellant appealed and also filed a motion for appointment of counsel to represent him on appeal. The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s order and denied Appellant’s motion for appointment of counsel, holding that because Appellant did not establish the facial invalidity of the judgment or demonstrate a lack of the trial court’s jurisdiction, the circuit court did not err when it dismissed the petition.
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