Joseph v. State

I concur in the majority’s decision to reverse the trial court’s denial of appellant’s motion to withdraw his plea. However, I do so because of the trial court’s failure to ask appellant during the plea colloquy whether anyone had threatened or coerced him into entering his no contest plea’to second degree murder. Appellant had rejected the state’s plea offers numerous times and persisted in his decision to go to trial, even as jury selection was about to begin. Further, during the change-of-plea hearing later that day, appellant’s attorney advised the court that appellant still maintained…