Norwood v. State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

Following his negotiated guilty plea to obstruction of an officer and disorderly conduct, Vincent Norwood moved to withdraw his guilty plea contending that trial counsel was ineffective and that his plea was not entered voluntarily and knowingly. Norwood now appeals the denial of his motion, and argues that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to apprise him of the consequences of his plea to his probation status, and thus, as he lacked this knowledge, his plea was not entered voluntarily and knowingly. For the reasons that follow, we find that the trial court…