State v. Richardson

OPINION

LANKFORD, Presiding Judge.

This is defendant’s appeal from the judgment of guilt and sentence imposed following his plea of no contest to attempted armed robbery and from the judgment of guilt and sentence imposed following a jury trial for theft. We decide the following issues:

1. Was there a sufficient factual basis for defendant’s plea?

2. Did the trial court err by refusing to allow defendant to withdraw his plea?

I

Defendant argues that the trial court lacked a sufficient factual basis for his plea of no contest to attempted armed robbery. He contends that the elements of the crime…