McDowell v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to two counts of kidnapping 1 and two counts of aggravated assault, 2 Terrance McDowell appeals, contending that the trial court abused its discretion by accepting his plea without fully investigating whether he was competent to tender it. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

The record shows that in December 2005, McDowell was indicted on two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of kidnapping, two counts of aggravated sodomy, two counts of aggravated battery, three counts of simple battery,…