Prater v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Justice SCOTT.

Appellant, James Prater, entered a plea of guilty to two counts of manufacturing methamphetamine, one count of first-degree possession of a controlled substance, and one count of promoting contraband, for which he was sentenced to thirty-eight years’ imprisonment. He now appeals his sentence as a matter of right, Ky. Const. § 110(2)(b), asserting that the trial court erred by not allowing him to withdraw his *383guilty plea. For the following reasons, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In exchange for Appellant’s guilty plea, the Commonwealth agreed to recommend a…