State v. Stafford

Citations

• 2023 Ohio 2062

Syllabus

Motion to withdraw guilty plea murder ineffective assistance of counsel res judicata voluntary manslaughter sudden fit of passion or rage. The court did not err by denying the defendant's motion to withdraw guilty plea. Evidence in the record shows that the defendant knowingly, intelligently, and voluntarily pled guilty to murder in accordance with Crim.R. 11. Furthermore, defendant's affidavit, which was attached to his motion to withdraw guilty plea, does not establish that he acted as a result of sudden passion or a sudden fit of rage when he purposefully shot his girlfriend's brother while the brother was in bed.