JOHNSON, Chief Judge.
A criminal defendant may not directly appeal from a guilty plea on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel if there has not been a post-plea hearing in the trial court developing that claim and instead the only evidence in the record is the transcript of the guilty plea hearing.
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