State v. Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Biles, J.:

Tarlene A. Williams has previously filed unsuccessful motions to withdraw her 2008 no contest plea to a first-degree murder charge. In this instance, she argues the district court erred in holding her latest motion failed to demonstrate excusable neglect as required by K.S.A. 2014 Supp. 22-3210(e)(2). She concedes this motion is successive to others she has filed and lost. We affirm because the district court correctly held there was no showing of excusable neglect and because the motion is successive.

Factual and Procedural Background

In April…