Alvis v. State

The appellant, Gary Dewayne Alvis, pleaded guilty to rape in the first degree and to sodomy in the first degree. He was sentenced to 18 years on each count, each sentence to run concurrently with the other and with a third sentence, an appeal from which is now pending before this court. Acting pro se, he filed a "Motion to Withdraw Plea Agreement," which the trial judge denied.

I

The appellant first asserts that the trial judge committed reversible error by denying his motion to withdraw his guilty pleas. He argued that his pleas of guilty were defective because, he says, the trial court failed…