State v. Thomas

This is an appeal by the State from the granting of a petition for post-conviction relief. In 1990, James Thomas, the petitioner, pleaded guilty to, and was convicted of, attempted murder. There was no appeal from that conviction. In a petition for post-conviction relief filed pursuant to Rule 32, A.R.Crim.P., the petitioner claimed that his plea was neither knowing nor voluntary and that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel. The basis for the petitioner's claims lies in his contention that he was not properly informed of the consequences of his guilty plea.

The petitioner pleaded…