Woods v. State

Smith, Presiding Judge.

William Leonard Woods, Jr. appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to set aside his plea of guilty to one count of child molestation. He contends that his guilty plea resulted from ineffective assistance of Mr. Sexton, the lawyer representing him at the time of the guilty plea. Woods asserts that Sexton gave him incorrect information regarding the parole consequences of his plea and that this affirmative misrepresentation justifies setting aside his guilty plea under Crabbe v. State, 248 Ga. App. 314 (546 SE2d 65) (2001).

The State asserts that Woods did not…