Williams v. State

OPINION

Clarence Williams was charged with the first degree murder of his wife, Nancy, AS 11.41.100(a)(1). The state alleged that Williams paid Lawrence Hoover to kill Nancy Williams. The facts regarding the murder are set out in our opinion in Hoover v. State, 641 P.2d 1263 (Alaska App.1982) and will not be repeated here. Williams pled nolo contendere and thereafter filed a motion to withdraw his plea. The trial court denied the motion and Williams appeals. He argues that under our decision in Love v. State, 630 P.2d 21 (Alaska App.1981), he was entitled to withdraw his plea. We have…