Winkles v. State

MlKELL, Judge.

Lawrence Winkels 1 was indicted on two counts of aggravated child molestation and one count of child molestation after allegedly forcing his daughter to perform certain sexual acts upon him. Winkels pled guilty to child molestation, and the trial court entered a nolle prosequi order on the aggravated child molestation charges. Winkels was sentenced as a first offender to twenty years to serve ten. After his sentence was pronounced, Winkels filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea on the grounds that his trial counsel was ineffective, which the trial court denied. On appeal,…