Trauth v. State

Melton, Justice.

Following the trial court’s denial of his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to the malice murder of his wife, Linda Sue Trauth, Louis Trauth, acting pro se, appeals, contending that his trial attorneys rendered ineffective assistance of counsel in advising him regarding his guilty plea. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

1. Trauth pled guilty to the malice murder of his wife on August 2, 2006. The facts, as set forth at the guilty plea hearing, show that, approximately two weeks before Trauth murdered his wife, she informed him that she was having an affair. On the…