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Williams v. State

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to allow the defendant a third appointed counsel or in requiring him to either proceed to trial with his second appointed counsel or pro se.

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Wesley Scott Williams entered guilty pleas for two counts of rape under two separate indictments for related incidents involving two minor victims, his stepdaughter and her friend. He was sentenced to two concurrent life sentences. Williams now appeals, pro se, the denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Following our review, we affirm.

We note as an initial matter that William’s appellate brief consists of three handwritten, unnumbered pages which do not comport with the rules of this Court. The first paragraph contains a purported statement of the case and the facts. Thereafter, Williams lists three errors, although they are not denominated as such, and on page two he appears to set forth arguments related to the errors. The arguments, however, are all intertwined into one all-embracing diatribe about the events below, interspersed with what could loosely be termed arguments, although they do not reference any specific error nor are they supported by any meaningful legal authority. See Court of Appeals Rules 22, 23, 27. Particularly frustrating in Williams’ case is the fact that he had been appointed appellate counsel to represent him on the motion to withdraw his guilty plea. Williams’ motion to dismiss his appellate attorney was granted on December 19, 2011, after counsel timely filed the notice of appeal from the denial of Williams’ motion to withdraw his guilty plea.

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