THOMPKINS v. the STATE.

Mercier, Judge.

*511 Following a negotiated plea, Rickey Ray Thompkins pled guilty to aggravated stalking. Pursuant to the negotiated plea, the remaining charges, burglary in the first degree *825 and arson in the first degree, were nolle prossed. Thompkins was sentenced to ten years, to serve five years and the remainder on probation. Thompkins then filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea, which the trial court denied following a hearing. He appeals, claiming that he received ineffective assistance of counsel below and as such his motion to withdraw his guilty plea should have been granted.…