Johnson v. State

NAHMIAS, Justice.

Appellant Stephen Randall Johnson challenges the trial court's order denying his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to felony murder. Appellant claims that his plea was not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary because he was intoxicated when he entered it and that the trial court applied an erroneous standard of review in ruling on his motion. We affirm.

1. The record shows that after an initial indictment in 2013 charging Appellant with felony murder and drug conspiracy, he was re-indicted in Peach County on April 6, 2016 for three counts of felony murder (based on trafficking…