McWhorter v. State

OPINION

BARTEAU, Senior Judge.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

Petitioner-Appellant Andrew McWhorter appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. We affirm.

ISSUE

McWhorter raises one issue, which we restate as: whether the trial court erred by accepting his guilty plea to a charge of residential entry, a Class D felony. Ind. Code § 36-43-2-1.6 (1991).

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On the morning of May 3, 2002, Betty Small entered her garage and got in her car. As she prepared to back her car out of her garage, she saw a person, later identified as McWhorter, in the back seat of her car.…