State v. Arnold

Kennedy, A.C.J.

Rodney Arnold appeals his conviction of two counts of fourth degree assault, entered after the court denied his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Arnold contends that the factual basis for accepting the plea was improperly based on information outside of the record, and that the denial of his motion to withdraw the plea was error in light of one of the victims’ recantation of her accusation. We affirm.

In August 1993, Wendy Henry overheard her niece M and M’s cousin A, both aged 11, talking about a "secret” they had involving A’s father and M’s uncle, Rodney Arnold. The aunt…