State v. Badgett

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court ordering a remand to the trial court for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether the defendant, Earl Badgett, should be allowed to withdraw his guilty plea. The issue presented is whether the defendant’s plea of guilty complied with the rules of practice and with state and federal constitutional standards concerning guilty pleas, so as to render the *8remand unnecessary. We reverse the judgment of the Appellate Court and remand the case to that court with direction to reinstate the trial court’s judgment sentencing the defendant to…