State v. Corwell

PARRISH, Justice:

¶ 1 Defendant Liza Corwell entered a conditional guilty plea to attempted tampering with evidence. She subsequently moved to withdraw her plea, claiming that the district court had not strictly complied with rule 11(e) of the Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure, which governs the entry of guilty pleas. The district court denied Corwell’s motion. The court of appeals reversed, holding that the district court failed to strictly comply with rule 11(e) because it had not adequately discussed Corwell’s right to a “speedy trial” and had not specifically delineated the limits that…