Williams v. State

4 Citing cases

  1. Wade v. State

    379 So. 3d 983 (Miss. Ct. App. 2024)   Cited 1 times

    "A plea is considered voluntary when the defendant knows what the ele- ments are of the charge against him, including an understanding of the charge and its relation to him, what effect the plea will have, and what the possible sentence might be because of his plea." Williams v. State, 220 So. 3d 996, 1000 (¶10) (Miss. Ct. App. 2017) (quoting Montalto v. State, 119 So. 3d 1087, 1095 (¶18) (Miss. Ct. App. 2013)). The defendant bears "the burden of proving by a preponderance of the evidence that his guilty pleas were involuntary." Id.

  2. Lawson v. State

    No. 2023-CP-01008-COA (Miss. Ct. App. Dec. 17, 2024)

    "A plea is considered voluntary when the defendant knows what the elements are of the charge against him, including an understanding of the charge and its relation to him, what effect the plea will have, and what the possible sentence might be because of his plea." Wade v. State, 379 So.3d 983, 989-90 (¶16) (Miss. Ct. App. 2024) (quoting Williams v. State, 220 So.3d 996, 1000 (¶10) (Miss. Ct. App. 2017)).

  3. Wood v. State

    291 So. 3d 830 (Miss. Ct. App. 2020)   Cited 9 times
    Observing that "in assessing the voluntariness of a plea, the thoroughness of the trial court's interrogation during the plea colloquy is the most significant evidence of all"

    The standard of competency necessary to enter a plea of guilty is the same as that for determining competency to stand trial." Williams v. State , 220 So. 3d 996, 999 (¶7) (Miss. Ct. App. 2017). ¶41.

  4. Whitehead v. State

    299 So. 3d 899 (Miss. Ct. App. 2020)   Cited 4 times

    Furthermore, even if error were proven, we would find Whitehead failed to show that "the outcome would have been different had [s]he [had] proceeded to trial." Williams v. State , 220 So. 3d 996, 1002 (¶20) (Miss. Ct. App. 2017). II. Competency