State v. Herro

The only issue on this appeal is whether the withdrawal of appellant’s guilty plea is necessary to correct a manifest injustice within the meaning of State v. Reppin. Appellant advances this argument in three ways:

1. The circumstances surrounding the plea were such as to render it involuntary.

2. Appellant was motivated to enter her guilty plea by her desire to avoid the possibility of life imprisonment and therefore her plea to the lesser offense was a manifest injustice.

3. The fact that appellant does not admit the crime invalidates the guilty plea.

Circumstances surrounding the plea.

There is…