Butala v. State

OPINION

RUSSELL A. ANDERSON, Justice.

Appellant Lucas Roy Butala, in pursuing his first substantive review through post-conviction proceedings, appeals from an order of the district court denying his request to. withdraw his guilty pleas to first-degree murder. Appellant challenges the voluntariness of his pleas and the - adequacy of defense counsels’ representation. Concluding that the district court did not err in denying appellant’s request to withdraw his pleas and that appellant received effective assistance of counsel, we affirm.

On August 4, 1999, appellant was charged by indictment with…