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Wright v. State

Defendant who pled guilty to avoid a death penalty trial did not show that manifest injustice could result unless his plea was withdrawn.

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Appellant Edward Clayton Wright appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to withdraw a guilty plea, claiming that the plea was not knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily entered. Finding no error in the trial court’s ruling, we affirm.

Appellant pled guilty to murdering, robbing, and concealing the body of his 28-year-old daughter. At the guilty plea hearing, the State stated it was prepared to prove that appellant struck his daughter in the head with a blunt object, killing her. Appellant then took jewelry from his daughter’s body, dismembered the body with a chainsaw, and placed the body parts in plastic bags. He then hired another man, Aeger, to bury the body parts. After the State announced its intention to seek the death penalty, appellant pled guilty to the crimes charged against him and was sentenced to life in prison.

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