Jones v. State

HUNSTEIN, Chief Justice.

Brandon Tramale Jones entered a plea of guilty to malice murder and numerous other crimes, and was sentenced to life imprisonment plus five years. Jones appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea, contending that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. Finding no error, we affirm.

Jones argues that his counsel was ineffective in advising him to plead guilty without adequately communicating to him either the results of her investigation or her defense strategy. He contends that his resulting lack of confidence in counsel’s…