Blackmon v. State

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

Dewey Blackmon pled guilty to one count of robbery in April 2008. Later that month, he moved to withdraw his plea, alleging that he did not enter it knowingly and voluntarily. The trial court denied Blackmon’s motion, and this appeal followed. We affirm.

1. When a defendant challenges the validity of his guilty plea, the state must demonstrate that he intelligently and voluntarily entered the plea.1 It “may do so by either (1) showing on the record of the plea hearing that the defendant understood the rights he was waiving and the consequences of his plea, or (2)…