Carter v. State

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of Carter’s motions to withdraw his guilty plea because both were filed after the term of court in which he entered the plea and was sentenced had expired. The court held that the exception for correcting a void or illegal sentence did not apply because the felony-murder convictions had been vacated by operation of law, the aggravated-assault conviction had been properly merged, no other merger error appeared, and all sentences were legally authorized.