State v. Perkins

Facts of Case

This case involves whether or not the defendant in this criminal case can waive his right to appeal as part of a plea bargain.

The defendant, Bobby Dean Perkins, was charged with a number of crimes by the prosecuting attorney for Grays Harbor County. Three separate informations were filed against him. The first charged kidnapping in the second degree. The second information, on which he was tried to a jury, charged one count of statutory rape in the first degree and two counts of indecent liberties. The jury found the defendant guilty as charged by this second information. The…