Andrews v. State

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

Ronald Bernard Andrews appeals from the trial court’s order denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Andrews contends that (i) plea counsel provided ineffective assistance, and (ii) the trial court erred in finding that the duplicitous counts in his indictment did not merge for sentencing purposes.1 For the reasons discussed below, we affirm.

After sentencing, “a guilty plea may only be withdrawn if the defendant establishes that such withdrawal is necessary to correct a manifest injustice — ineffective assistance of counsel or an involuntary or unknowingly…