Wilson v. State

On February 21, 2012, Bertrán Wilson entered an open guilty plea to a felony and two misdemeanors and was sentenced to twenty years for count I and to time served for the other two counts. On March 9, 2012, through his assistant public defender, he filed a motion to withdraw plea, to withdraw from representation, and to appoint conflict-free counsel. The trial court granted counsel’s motion to withdraw and later appointed the Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, Appellate Division, to represent Wilson. That office promptly filed some papers (including a demand for a jury…