McElroy v. State

ALPERT, Judge.

Instead of filing an Application for Leave to Appeal from a guilty plea proceeding, John Harold McElroy unfortunately chose to seek Post Conviction relief and asks us to reverse the judgment of the Circuit Court for Baltimore County denying him the relief prayed. We shall affirm.

The Proceedings

On January 9, 1989, appellant pled guilty to one count of distribution of phencyclidine (PCP). As part of the plea agreement, the State agreed to recommend a sentence of four to eight years. Before considering and later accepting the plea, the court inquired into, among other areas,…