Jackson v. State
Annotate this CaseAppellant Dwight Jackson pled guilty to one count of delivery of a counterfeit substance and was sentenced by the circuit court to ninety-six months' imprisonment. Appellant subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief, alleging (1) he did not sign his plea agreement in open court and had been coerced into signing the agreement, (2) his plea of guilty was not made voluntarily or knowingly, and (3) the plea statement he signed did not contain the mandatory range of punishment, and the trial court did not explain the range of punishment to him. The circuit court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that because the record did not contain a transcript of the plea hearing, the Court was unable to conduct an adequate review.
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