State v. McDaniel

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, John McDaniel, from the denial of his motion to withdraw his pleas of guilty to the offenses of first-degree murder (felony murder) and aggravated escape. The appeal also involves jurisdictional issues concerning appeal after entering a plea of guilty or nolo contendere and the timeliness of the appeal.

McDaniel was originally charged with multiple crimes in four separate cases. He entered into a plea agreement whereby all charges were dismissed except the first-degree murder charge and the charge of…