Barksdale v. State

Summary

The Court affirmed the denial of Barksdale’s motion to withdraw his guilty plea, concluding that the Superior Court properly evaluated the applicable factors and that the plea was knowing and voluntary. The Court declined to consider ineffective-assistance claims raised for the first time on direct appeal and held that the voluntary plea waived challenges to alleged pre-plea defects. The appeal was otherwise wholly without merit and presented no arguably appealable issue.