State v. Manchester

BYRNES, Judge.

Valerie Manchester appeals the denial of her motion to withdraw her guilty plea, challenging her conviction of manslaughter and attempted first degree murder with the imposition of sentence of twenty-one years and twenty years, respectively, running consecutively, for a total of forty-one years at hard labor. She claims that she pled guilty on the mistaken assurances from her attorney that she would receive a maximum of twenty-one years for the two sentences running concurrently.

Defendant was originally charged with first degree murder of Gregory Kress and found guilty of second…