State v. Lovell

AMENDED OPINION *

NEHRING, Justice:

INTRODUCTION

1 This is Mr. Lovell's third direct appeal of his conviction for the aggravated murder of Joyce Yost. In this appeal, Mr. Lovell challenges the district court's denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea. We reverse the holding of the district court and hold that the trial court's failure to strictly comply with Utah Rule of Criminal Procedure l1(e) constituted good cause to allow Mr. Lovell to withdraw his guilty plea.

BACKGROUND

T2 This case has been before us on two occasions. We previously detailed the facts related to the crime in State…