Jones v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty pleas, Allen Jones appeals, maintaining that the trial court abused its discretion in denying his motion because his plea was neither intelligent nor voluntary but, instead, was the result of ineffective assistance of counsel. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

On October 15, 2002, in a four-count indictment (Case No. 02SC09048) arising out of a May 8,2002 incident, Jones was indicted for aggravated assault, 1 aggravated sodomy, 2 burglary, 3 and theft by taking. 4 On that same day, he was also…