Scott v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Appellant entered a plea of nolo contendere to simple battery and was sentenced to 12 months in jail and payment of a $100 fine, with the provision that the jail term be suspended upon payment of the fine and converted to 12 months of unsupervised probation. Appellant paid the fine and subsequently filed a motion to vacate (withdraw) his plea, alleging in pertinent part ineffective assistance of counsel.

At a hearing, appellant argued that “in a way [he] did understand what was going on and another way [he] didn’t . . .” when he entered his plea, that he was…