Taylor v. State

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

Patrick Taylor was indicted for statutory rape in that he had sexual intercourse with the victim, who was under 16 years of age and was not his spouse. Taylor pled guilty to the charge, but later filed a motion to withdraw his guilty plea and another motion for a court-ordered DNA test of sperm found in the victim’s vagina. The trial court denied the plea withdrawal motion, but did not rule on the DNA test motion. Taylor appeals, challenging the court’s denial of his motion to withdraw his plea and failure to order a DNA test. Taylor’s challenges are without merit,…