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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. JULIE CHRISTINE OTTMER

Posted by: Landry Butler on Apr 24, 2018

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1:

R. Mitchell Manuel, Erwin, Tennessee, for the appellant, Julie Christine Ottmer.

Attorneys 2:

Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Caitlin Smith, Assistant Attorney General; Anthony Wade Clark, District Attorney General; and Christopher Todd Hull, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): THOMAS

The Defendant, Julie Christine Ottmer, pled nolo contendere to simple possession of marijuana, a Class A misdemeanor, and received an agreed upon sentence of eleven months and twenty-nine days to be served on probation. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-418. Thereafter, the Defendant filed a motion to withdraw her nolo contendere plea. The trial court denied the motion, finding that there was no manifest injustice to support withdrawal of the plea. On appeal, the Defendant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in denying her motion because she “misunderstood the terms of her plea.” Discerning no error, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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