Jones v. State

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

Appellant Tommy Wayne Jones entered a plea of guilty to the charge of rape in the Franklin County Circuit Court and was sentenced by a jury to forty years’ imprisonment. Appellant subsequently filed a motion for new trial, alleging that his plea was involuntary and that his trial counsel was ineffective. Following a hearing on the motion, the trial court entered an order finding that (1) Appellant’s guilty plea was not involuntary; (2) trial counsel was not ineffective because of a conflict of interests; and (3) trial counsel was not ineffective for failing to raise…