Coomer v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Arrested in March 1991 as a suspect in the murder of Timothy Pfeifer, appellant David Coomer confessed to the crime and was charged with murder, 1 felony murder, 2 and robbery, 3 a class A felony, and carrying a handgun without a license, a class A misdemeanor 4 At the start of his bench trial Coomer sought to suppress his confession. When this attempt failed, he entered into a plea agreement under which he pled guilty to felony murder in exchange for dismissal of the murder and robbery counts. Before being sentenced, however, Coomer moved to withdraw his guilty plea.…