State v. Pames

Citations

• 2022 Ohio 616

Syllabus

Presentence motion to withdraw guilty plea abuse of discretion coercion family pressure. Trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendant's presentence motion to withdraw his guilty pleas because nothing in the record demonstrated that motion was based on anything more than a change of heart. Defendant's claims that, due to stress over his father's health, he \didn't hear\ the trial court during the plea colloquy and did not understand the offenses to which he was pleading guilty were not credible and were contradicted by the record. The record contained nothing to support defendant's assertion that defense counsel coerced him to accept the state's plea offer. Familial pressure to \take the plea\ was not sufficient evidence of coercion to warrant withdrawal of defendant's guilty pleas.