State v. Thomas

FRANK D. CELEBREZZE, JR., J.:

{¶ 1} Defendant-appellant, Anthony Thomas ("appellant"), brings the instant appeal challenging his convictions and the trial court's sentence for robbery, abduction, and drug possession. Specifically, appellant argues that his guilty plea was not knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily entered due to ineffective assistance of trial counsel; the trial court abused its discretion in failing to sua sponte vacate appellant's guilty plea; the trial court abused its discretion in denying his postsentence motion to withdraw his guilty plea; and the trial court erred by…