Coleman v. the State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

Walter Coleman appeals from the denial of his motion to withdraw a nonnegotiated guilty plea, arguing that the trial court’s denial was a manifest abuse of discretion. We disagree and affirm.

Coleman pled guilty to influencing a witness and was sentenced to the maximum sentence of ten years with the possibility of parole. During three plea hearings on the same day, Coleman kept changing his mind as to whether or not he should enter a guilty plea before he finally entered his plea and was sentenced.

On March 3, 2015, Coleman’s case was called for trial, and Coleman…