Phipps, Senior Appellate Judge. Lisheena Cantrell appeals following the denial of her motion to withdraw her guilty plea to attempted murder, terroristic threats, battery, and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime. Cantrell contends that she received ineffective assistance of counsel and that her guilty plea was not knowingly and voluntarily entered. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. The facts developed at Cantrell’s guilty plea hearing show that Cantrell and the victim had a brief romantic relationship, but the two separated, and the victim resumed his relationship with the mother of his children (his “present girlfriend”). This made Cantrell jealous. On September 4, 2011, witnesses saw Cantrell “mulling around” the apartments where the victim and his present girlfriend were living. According to a Facebook post by Cantrell, she was waiting for the victim and his present girlfriend. In addition, Cantrell texted the victim, “I got u in the end” and “I got u and her ticket trust that boo.” When the victim and his present girlfriend drove up to their apartment, Cantrell ambushed them, pulling the present girlfriend out of the car and repeatedly hitting her. Witnesses testified that Cantrell was the aggressor, and the victim never raised his hand or threatened Cantrell. Cantrell left the scene, went to a friend’s apartment, took a knife from the kitchen, returned to the scene, and stabbed the victim, severing an artery and killing him. Cantrell initially claimed self-defense, but later testified at a Jackson-Denno[1] hearing that she stabbed the victim because she was mad and upset, not because she was afraid of him. Cantrell was originally indicted for malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, battery, and simple battery, but that indictment was dismissed, and a new indictment was filed to reflect the charges to which Cantrell would plead guilty. Those charges were attempted murder for stabbing the victim, terroristic threats for text statements made to the victim, battery for her attack of the present girlfriend, and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime. On January 31, 2013, Cantrell entered a negotiated guilty plea to the charges. She now claims that her guilty plea was not knowingly and voluntarily entered because (1) her plea counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel by telling her “she would serve only 15 years” in prison, and (2) neither her plea counsel nor the prosecutor informed her that “Georgia law may preclude [her] from parole eligibility.” We find no merit in either argument. At the plea hearing, the prosecutor informed the trial court that defense counsel had agreed to the following negotiated plea: Cantrell would plead guilty to (1) attempted murder and “receive a sentence on that count of 30 years to serve in incarceration,” (2) terroristic threats and “receive five years on probation consecutive,” (3) battery and “receive 12 months on probation consecutive to the terroristic threats,” and (4) possession of a knife during the commission of a crime and receive “five years on probation consecutive to the battery.” The total sentence would be “41 years with 30 years to serve in incarceration and the balance on probation.” According to the prosecutor, an attempted murder charge permitted the court to impose a longer sentence than a voluntary manslaughter charge. The prosecutor also informed the court that he had spoken with a high-ranking member of the parole board, who informed him: this will be classified as a level eight crime, and that first consideration for parole is most likely to be beginning at 65 percent of the sentence or 75 or up to 90, so really kind of in that range. Based on that, I think 66 some percent would be a full 20 years, so it might be a little bit less than 20 years, even though at the earliest, according to that classification. That’s what I am told from the parole board.
