State v. Heredia

SCHROEDER, Chief Justice.

Gilbert Heredia seeks to withdraw his guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter after sentencing, alleging that he was not informed of a direct consequence at the time of pleading.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Heredia was charged and pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter as a misdemeanor due to his involvement in a fatal automobile accident. The magistrate judge did not inform him prior to the plea that under Idaho Code Section 18-4007(3)(d) he could be ordered to pay child support for the victim’s children. At sentencing the magistrate court ordered him to pay…