State v. Scott

Opinion

ROTH, Judge:

¶ 1 Kevin Michael Scott pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a child and possession or use of a controlled substance. 1 He appeals, claiming that he received constitutionally ineffective assistance of counsel prior to entering his plea, that the sentencing court erred in failing to sua sponte revisit his plea based on evidence of mental deficiency, and that the court failed to properly consider mitigating factors when it sentenced him. We affirm.

¶ 2 In 2011, a detective interviewed a young teenager at the local Children’s Justice Center. The teenager disclosed that she had…