Rice v. State

Thompson, Justice.

On September 17,1999, defendant Charles J. Rice pleaded guilty to murder and armed robbery pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement. Ten days later, the trial court sentenced Rice to two concurrent life terms.

Thereafter, on September 9, 2003, Rice filed a “motion to vacate and correct null and void sentence.” In his motion, Rice attacked the voluntariness of his guilty plea on the ground, inter alia, of ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court denied the motion and Rice appeals. We affirm.

It is well settled that when the term of court has expired in which a…