Scott v. State (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAppellant Avery Scott entered a plea of guilty to sexual assault in the second degree and was sentenced to a term of 180 months' imprisonment. Scott subsequently filed a motion to withdraw his plea, arguing that his plea was involuntary because his attorney pressured him to accept it. The motion was denied. Scott then filed a petition for postconviction relief, which the circuit court denied. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding the circuit court did not err in denying the petition where (1) Scott's argument that the trial court did not have jurisdiction to convict and sentence him was without merit; (2) Scott's claim that the prosecutor acted in bad faith was not cognizable in a postconviction relief petition; and (3) trial counsel did not afford Scott ineffective assistance of counsel.
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