Legal Opinion
State v. Donald
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided September 26, 2000No. 1 CA-CR 97-0551-PRPublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FIDEL, Judge.
¶ 1 Victor Gene Donald petitions for review of the trial court’s summary dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief. He contends that he rejected a plea agreement because his attorney provided ineffective assistance by failing to properly explain the relative merits of the plea offer in comparison with the potential sentence that he faced if convicted of the charges.1 The trial court summarily dismissed Donald’s petition, reasoning that his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel was not colorable because,
Even if his counsel misinformed him of the consequences…
2Cases cited55 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- North Carolina v. PearceSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by107 opinions
- Missouri v. FryeSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Segura v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
- Commonwealth v. MaharMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Carmichael v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 2009
- State Ex Rel. Thomas v. RayesArizona Supreme Court · 2007
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