Sansevero v. Hobbs (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial in 2000, Appellant was found guilty of rape, third-degree battery, first-degree terroristic threatening, and residential burglary. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment for the rape conviction. In 2014, Appellant filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus in the trial court, alleging that he was sentenced to an invalid sentence of life imprisonment with the possibility of parole. The trial court dismissed the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the trial court did not err in failing to hold a hearing on the habeas-corpus petition; and (2) Appellant failed to demonstrate that his sentence was illegal.
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