State v. Hughes

Sylvester Hughes appeals from the judgment of conviction, following his guilty plea, for theft from person, party to a crime, and from the order denying his motion for postconviction relief. 2 Hughes argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. He contends that the criminal complaint, used as the factual basis for his plea, failed to establish one of the elements of the crime. Specifically, he claims that the complaint's allegation that he took the victim's purse "off the handle of her wheelchair" does not satisfy the element of taking property "from…