Dortch v. State

OPINION

TATUM, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying post-conviction relief. The appellant, Jeffery Dortch, pled guilty in the Criminal Court of Shelby County to the offense of aggravated rape. He was sentenced to a term of twenty years in the State penitentiary as a Range I, Standard offender. On this appeal, the appellant contends that his guilty plea was involuntary and unintelligent, and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel. We find no merit in the issues and therefore affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The issue alleging that the ^appellant’s guilty plea was…