Moore v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Samuel Moore pled guilty to the charge of selling cocaine. After sentencing, he moved to withdraw his plea on grounds that he had not entered it intelligently and voluntarily and that he had received ineffective assistance of counsel. After a hearing, the trial court denied Moore’s motion. Moore appeals, but has shown no error. We affirm.

Once a sentence has been entered, a guilty plea may be withdrawn only to correct a manifest injustice.

The test for manifest injustice will by necessity vary from case to case, but it has been said that withdrawal is necessary to correct a…