Johnson v. State

Barnes, Judge.

Eddie Terrell Johnson appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to withdraw his plea of guilty to voluntary manslaughter, arguing that his counsel was ineffective and that allowing the plea to stand would constitute a manifest injustice. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

When a defendant challenges the validity of his guilty plea, the State bears the burden of showing through use of a transcript of the plea hearing or of extrinsic evidence that the defendant intelligently and voluntarily entered the plea, understanding both the charges against him and the consequences…