Goodrum v. State

Johnson, Presiding Judge.

On June 2, 1997, Leslie Goodrum pled guilty to rape and aggravated sexual battery. The trial court sentenced Goodrum to serve 20 years on each count, to run concurrently. On May 28, 2002, Goodrum petitioned the trial court for leave to withdraw his guilty plea in a pleading entitled “Motion to Void Judgment.” Goodrum maintained that his guilty plea was not voluntary, that there was no factual basis for his guilty plea, that his sentences were invalid, and that the guilty plea resulted from ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The trial court dismissed Goodrum’s…