State v. Williams

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Rosen, J.:

This is an appeal from the district court’s denial of a motion to withdraw plea. The appellant was sentenced to life without possibility of parole for 20 years on her plea of no contest to felony murder.

On April 22,2007, fires were set outside the doors of a residence in Kansas City, Kansas. Fire engulfed the house and one of the two people inside, Marquetta Williams, died. The other, Billy Jones, was severely injured. Investigation led to the arrest of Tarlene Williams, who confessed that she set the fires after she had fought with Billy…