Wright v. State

Melton, Justice.

On March 4, 2015, Jeffrey Wright pled guilty to felony murder and, on that same day, was sentenced in the Wilcox County Superior Court to life imprisonment in connection with the February 14, 2014 burglary and stabbing death of Franz Tarth. On April 6,2015, Wright filed a pro se motion to withdraw his guilty plea, which the trial court denied on April 9, 2015. Wright filed a pro se appeal from this order, and, for the reasons that follow, we affirm.

1. “It is well settled that[,] when the term of court has expired in which a defendant was sentenced pursuant to a guilty plea[,]…