State v. Alshaif

McGEE, Judge.

Shamakh Alshaif (Defendant) pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury (AWDWISI) on 6 February 2007. Defendant received a suspended sentence of twenty-five to thirty-nine months and was placed on thirty-six months of supervised probation. Defendant filed a motion for appropriate relief (MAR) on 5 October 2010, arguing that his guilty plea was not intelligently and voluntarily made and that he had received ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court denied Defendant’s MAR in an order entered 17 November 2010. Defendant petitioned…