People v. Hirsch

Somebody once said: “When the play is cast in hell you cannot expect the actors to be angels.” This case makes that point. It concerns a business debt, a million dollar life insurance policy, a luckless gambler, and a murder-for-hire scheme gone awry.

The issue we deal with is the guilty plea of the accused assailant, Rembert Hirsch (Hirsch). He contends the trial court erred in denying without a hearing his motion to vacate his plea of guilty to aggravated battery. We affirm the trial court.

FACTS

Herbert Betancourt (Betancourt) owed a considerable amount of money to his business associate,…