Legal Opinion
State v. Diaz-Arevalo
Court of Appeals of Utah
Decided June 5, 2008No. Case No. 20060802-CAPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THORNE, Associate Presiding Judge:
1 1 Juan Carlos Diaz-Arevalo appeals from the district court's denial of his motion to withdraw his guilty plea to a charge of murder, a first degree felony, see Utah Code Ann. § 76-5-208 (2008). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
T2 On May 16, 2005, Diaz-Arevalo attempted to recover a vehicle from his former girlfriend, Lindsey Rae Fawson. Diaz-Are-valo was armed with a sawed-off shotgun. When Fawson resisted, a struggle ensued, and Fawson was killed by a single shotgun blast to the head. Diaz-Arevalo was subsequently charged with multiple crimes, including a charge…
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