King v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

Appellant, Arthur King, entered a non-negotiated guilty plea to aggravated assault and the trial court sentenced him to 15 years’ imprisonment. Two days later, appellant filed a motion to withdraw the plea, asserting that he had been under the influence of drugs at the time he entered the plea. Subsequently, he amended the motion to assert ineffective assistance of counsel at the guilty plea hearing. This appeal follows the trial court’s denial of that motion.

The State originally offered appellant a negotiated plea of six years to serve and placed a November 12, 1992 deadline…