Shaheed v. State

Thompson, Justice.

Farah Mahmood Shaheed pled guilty to felony murder and the trial court sentenced him to life in prison. In so doing, the trial court initially granted Shaheed first offender status. Several days later, after learning that it could not treat a murderer as a first offender,1 the trial court amended Shaheed’s sentence — in his absence — to show that the first offender status was removed.

Shaheed subsequently moved to withdraw his guilty plea. Following a hearing, the trial court denied Shaheed’s motion. Shaheed *717appeals asserting, inter alia, it was error for the trial court to…