Williams v. State

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

A grand jury indicted Temarris Williams on charges of armed robbery, kidnapping and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. At the conclusion of the victim’s testimony at trial, Williams requested that the trial court accept a negotiated guilty plea to the charges in the indictment. The trial judge, as a matter of policy, stated that he was unwilling to accept a negotiated guilty plea after the start of the jury trial. After the second witness was sworn in, Williams indicated, at a side bar, that he wished to enter an open-ended plea to the charges. The judge…