Duque v. State

Phipps, Judge.

Juan Duque entered a negotiated Alford 1 plea to two counts of selling methamphetamine. He appeals, claiming that the trial court erred by accepting his plea because it was not voluntarily given and that his lawyers were ineffective for allowing him to plead guilty. We affirm.

1. Under North Carolina v. Alford, 2 , the trial court may accept a guilty plea from a defendant who claims innocence if the defendant has intelligently concluded that it is in his best interest to plead guilty and the court has inquired into the factual basis for the plea and sought to resolve the conflict…