Legal Opinion
Matter of Personal Restraint of Ness
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided August 3, 1993No. 11633-6-III; 12253-1-IIIPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Shields, J. *
Randy Wayne Ness appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty pleas to three counts of second degree burglary; he has filed a personal restraint petition as well. He contends the court erred because (1) his pleas were not knowing, intelligent, and voluntary; (2) there was an insufficient factual basis to support the pleas; (3) he had ineffective assistance of counsel; and (4) the State did not ftdfill its part of the bargain. We affirm the trial court and deny Mr. Ness' personal restraint petition.
On April 19, 1988, Randy Ness pleaded guilty 1 in…
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