Frye v. State

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

On May 15, 2007, Maury Wayne Frye was indicted for incest in Bibb County. On January 22, 2008, after the trial court denied Frye’s motion to appoint new trial counsel, Frye pled guilty to the lesser offense of child molestation. Following sentencing, Frye moved to withdraw his guilty plea. The trial court denied Frye’s motion, and Frye appealed to this Court. Through his newly-appointed appellate counsel, Frye claimed that he had received ineffective assistance from his trial counsel, and we remanded the case to the trial court for a hearing on that claim. Following…