State v. Nolan

JASPER E. JONES, Judge.

Defendant, Gregory S. Nolan, appeals his conviction of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance in violation of LSA-R.S. 40:967 following his plea of guilty to this charge.1 Appellant makes three assignments of error which raise the following issues:

1) Was it error for the district judge to decline to consider a motion for new trial made following a guilty plea;

2) Did the district judge abuse his discretion in denying defendant’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea.

For the reasons set out below we affirm.

Facts

Defendant was arrested pursuant to a warrant issued…