Legal Opinion
State v. Soto
Idaho Court of Appeals
Decided December 2, 1991No. 18886PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTERS, Chief Judge.
Alvaro Irbe Soto was charged with kidnapping a nine-year-old girl and assaulting her with the intent of committing a lewd and lascivious act. He entered an Alford plea to both charges pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970). On appeal, he asserts that he received ineffective assistance of counsel 1 and that the court imposed an excessive sentence. For the following reasons, we affirm.
Facts
Soto entered his guilty plea based on the following facts. At about 8:00 a.m. on a cold and snowy January 26, 1989, Soto was drunk and…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. ToohillIdaho Court of Appeals · 1982
- State v. HedgerIdaho Supreme Court · 1989
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- State v. TuckerIdaho Court of Appeals · 1993