State v. Rogers

BRYANT, Judge.

*329 Where no procedural mechanism exists under Rule 21 to issue the discretionary writ of certiorari to review the trial court's judgment entered upon defendant's guilty plea, we exercise *158 our discretion to invoke Rule 2 to suspend the rules and address the merits of defendant's appeal. Assuming arguendo the trial court erred in advising defendant that he had a right to appeal the court's denial of his pro se motion to dismiss, we hold defendant has failed to establish prejudicial error.

On 2 January 2015 around 4:30 a.m., Blair Mincey observed defendant Israel John Rogers and…