Williams v. State

MILLER, Presiding Judge.

Ezekiel Williams, Jr., entered a negotiated plea of guilty to one count of felony theft by shoplifting (OCGA § 16-8-14 (b) (3)). He now appeals from the trial court’s order denying his motion to withdraw guilty plea, arguing manifest injustice arising out of claims of ineffective assistance of counsel. Discerning no error, we affirm.

Once a sentence has been entered, a guilty plea may be withdrawn “only to correct a manifest injustice.” (Punctuation and footnote omitted.) Skinner v. State, 297 Ga. App. 828, 828-829 (678 SE2d 526) (2009). Where, as here, the defendant…