Young v. State (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAppellant entered a negotiated plea of no contest to a charge of aggravated residential burglary and negotiated pleas of guilty to aggravated assault and felon in possession of a firearm. The circuit court accepted the pleas. Appellant subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief alleging that he did not knowingly and voluntarily enter the pleas and that he received ineffective assistance of counsel in accepting the negotiated pleas. The circuit court rejected Appellant’s claims. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court did not err in (1) finding that Appellant voluntarily and knowingly entered pleas of no contest and guilty; and (2) concluding that Appellant received effective assistance of counsel.
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