State v. LaRue

SNELL, Justice.

This is an appeal resulting from a guilty plea accepted by the district court. Appellant seeks an invalidation of his plea and conviction because his former counsel was appointed by the court to represent a co-defendant in the same proceeding, subsequent counsel failed to object, and subsequent counsel failed to depose a defense witness. We find that a valid guilty plea waives each challenge asserted here. We affirm the guilty plea and conviction.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Due to an incident occurring on October 29, 1998, Jeremy Shane LaRue was charged with first-degree…