Tomlin v. State

Blackburn, Presiding Judge.

Following the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to the offense of voluntary manslaughter, 1 Jake Tomlin appeals, arguing that there was no factual basis for his plea and that his plea was not entered voluntarily or intelligently because he was not informed that intent was an element of the offense. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

The record shows that in 2003, Tomlin was charged with one count of murder, one count of felony murder, and one count of aggravated assault in an indictment that alleged that he stabbed his estranged wife to death…