Matthews v. State

SMITH, Presiding Judge.

Kevin Matthews, Jr., appeals the post-sentencing denial of his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to one count of aggravated battery (Count 3), two counts of cruelty to children in the first degree (Counts 4 & 5), and one count of misdemeanor family violence battery (Count 6). All of these charges involved injuries to his infant son, including skull fractures, brain injuries, and loss of vision. Matthews’s sole enumeration of error is that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion to withdraw his plea.

“After sentence is pronounced, whether to allow…