Wyman v. State

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

James Wyman pled guilty to child molestation and aggravated child molestation, admitting that he touched, rubbed, fondled and licked his five-year-old daughter’s “private parts.” Wyman also pled guilty to aggravated sexual battery by penetrating the child’s vagina with his finger, but he entered the plea under North Carolina v. Alford, 1 which allows a guilty plea despite a claim of innocence where there is strong evidence of guilt that negates the claim of innocence and provides a factual basis for the guilty plea.

Subsequently, Wyman filed a motion to withdraw his…