Oliver v. State

GARRISON, Presiding Judge.

Tracy Oliver (“Movant”) was charged, by substitute information in lieu of indictment, with two counts of selling cocaine. His jury trial commenced on March 17,1995, but after opening statements, one of the defense attorneys 1 announced that Movant wanted to withdraw his plea from not guilty to guilty. Although the impetus for this change is not precisely described in the record before us, it appears that the defense had just discovered that Officer Chris Graves (“Officer Graves”), who was scheduled to testify for the State about his observations while conducting…