People v. Mayes

On May 2, 1988, defendant pleaded

guilty of carrying a concealed weapon, MCL 750.227; MSA 28.424, in exchange for the prosecutor’s agreement to recommend that he receive two years’ probation. As a factual basis for his plea, defendant stated that on March 28, 1988, he had put a gun inside the car that his sister had used to drive them to school. On June 13, 1988, defendant was sentenced to two years of probation.

Defendant then appealed as of right, arguing* that he was entitled to withdraw his guilty plea on the basis of ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial counsel had failed to…