Mock v. State

Beasley, Chief Judge.

Mock was indicted for rape, child molestation, aggravated sodomy, aggravated sexual battery, and recidivism. Shortly before trial, he entered a guilty plea according to the procedure permitted in North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U. S. 25 (91 SC 160, 27 LE2d 162) (1970), and now appeals the court’s denial of his motion to withdraw it. The primary issue concerns the effect of Mock’s prescription drug use and withdrawal upon his capacity to enter the plea.

In June 1993, shortly after return of the indictment, Mock was hospitalized and diagnosed as having experienced continuous…