Martin v. State (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAppellant entered a plea of nolo contendere to a single count of sexual assault in the first degree. The circuit court accepted the plea and sentenced Appellant to eight years in prison. Appellant subsequently filed a motion to withdraw his plea pursuant to Ark. R. Crim. P. 26.1, asserting that he had received ineffective assistance of counsel and that he did not voluntarily enter the nolo contendere plea. The circuit court denied the motion. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant failed to demonstrate that the withdrawal of his plea of nolo contendere was necessary to avoid a manifest injustice, and therefore, the circuit court did not abuse its discretion by denying Appellant’s motion to withdraw his plea.
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