Maurice Robinson was sentenced to 55 years in prison after his 2009 trial for a string of burglaries that amounted to more than $100,000 in stolen jewelry. In Friday’s hearing to retry the case, Robinson argued he didn’t understand what was at stake by going to trial because his counsel did not inform him properly.
However, Overstreet threw out the motion. Overstreet cited his own statements before the trial, explaining each of the four first-degree felony counts were punishable by up to 30 years of incarceration.