Bishop v. State

Mikell, Judge.

Brian Roger Bishop entered a plea pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford 1 to possession of tools for the commission of a crime and loitering and prowling in the. Superior Court of Rockdale County. Bishop received an aggregate sentence of two years to serve under the First Offender Act. Bishop filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea, arguing that he should be allowed to do so because his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a motion to suppress evidence seized during a stop of Bishop’s vehicle. The trial court entered an order denying the motion, from which Bishop…