Pike v. State

Smith, Presiding Judge.

This appeal arises out of a guilty plea entered by John Dexter Pike. In March 1995, Pike entered a nonnegotiated guilty plea on two counts of aggravated child molestation, one count of child molestation, one count of statutory rape, one count of enticing a child for indecent purposes, and one count of sexual exploitation of a child. He was later sentenced to the maximum term on each of these six counts, with each term to run consecutively, for a total of 121 years. He appeals, making two contentions. First, he maintains that his plea was not knowingly and voluntarily…